Gary Hamel Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“Truth be told, there are lots of companies that provide exemplary phone support. DirecTV, Virgin America and Apple are a few that regularly exceed my expectations.”

“I was frustrated for a long time with my colleagues in the business school world and with so many management authors who didn't really see themselves as innovators. They were glorified journalists.”

“If corporate leaders and their acolytes are not slaves to some meritorious social purpose, they run the risk of being enslaved by their own ignoble appetites.”

“Most of us do more than subsist. From the vantage point of our ancestors, we live lives of almost unimaginable ease. Here again, we have innovation to thank.”

“Over time, a successful company will acquire much in the way of resources and momentum, and these things often insulate it from reality once it has stopped being successful.”

“Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.”

“Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.”

“It's important to remember that innovators in business don't always get a platform.”

“Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.”

“All too often, legacy management practices reflexively perpetuate the past - by over-weighting the views of long-tenured executives, by valuing conformance more highly than creativity and by turning tired industry nostrums into sacred truths.”