Topic: Gary Hamel

I wonder

whether Gary Hamel is right: Is the future of management another than we have know for the past century? I think yes. To my opinion Gary Hamel offers some very interesting examples of metaphors that we should learn from - ...READ»

Resilience, See?

In the Sept. 24 edition of their newsletter Emblagram, the staff of Embla5, a leadership development organization for high-achieving women, comments on Gary Hamel and Liisa Valikangas's recent Harvard Business Review article, "The ...READ»

Everyday Engineering

Click on a date above for more details Andrew Burroughs + IDEO October 1 To see the world through engineers' eyes, browse this pocket-size photo book aimed at making readers take note of the choices ...READ»

Management styles - renewal needed

Management has never really been accepted as an exciting or thrilling activity. However, this is mostly due to ignorance. Only a small amount of people have direct experience of what’s involved in management, what managers are like, ...READ»

Going to the Xtreme

These business travelers aren't frequent fliers -- they're constant fliers. Travel tips on how to work, what to pack, where to sit, whether your shuttle's headed for an orbit in deep space or just circling over O'Hare.READ»

You Say You Want a Revolution?

We all want to change the world. But does business change really require revolutionary zeal? Two important new books offer sharply competing perspectives on the virtues of business bolshevism.READ»

Hamel: Time for Management 2.0

Gary Hamel's message at the World Business Forum today is that your organization is not fit for the future unless it is fit for human beings. Hamel is a globally recognized expert in business strategy and performer extraordinaire ...READ»

Is Too Much Industry Innovation a Bad Thing?

I want to thank Heath and Fast Company for letting me take part in this BlogJam. I was first turned on to FC during my MBA days in the late 90s by Dr. Gregory Dess, and it has continued to be one of my favorite magazines to read. ...READ»

Size is Not a Strategy

The faster big business cleans up its ethical mess, the sooner we can address the real crisis of capitalism. Giant companies dominate the landscape -- from media to medicine, banking to broadband. But talented people don't want to work for them, customers hate doing business with them, and Wall Street doesn't want to invest in them. A candid appraisal of why so many big companies (even the honest ones) don't work -- and some radical ideas for reform.READ»

Please Don't Feed the Consultants

Consultant Debunking UnitREAD»

No Wealth Without Ideas

"There is now way to create wealth without ideas. Most new ideas are created by newcomers. So anyone who thinks the world is safe for incumbents is dead wrong." --Gary Hamel, chairman, Strategos From Fast Company's recently released ...READ»

No Wealth Without Ideas

"There is now way to create wealth without ideas. Most new ideas are created by newcomers. So anyone who thinks the world is safe for incumbents is dead wrong." --Gary Hamel, chairman, Strategos From Fast Company's recently released ...READ»

No Wealth Without Ideas

"There is now way to create wealth without ideas. Most new ideas are created by newcomers. So anyone who thinks the world is safe for incumbents is dead wrong." --Gary Hamel, chairman, Strategos From Fast Company's ...READ»

Thought Leaders: A Top 20 List

Who are the most influential business gurus? In a recent book, What's The Big Idea, a couple of authors rank the top 200 thought leaders in business by using a rather wacky methodology. They combined Google hits, media mentions, and ...READ»

World Business Forum live - Day 1

It's a gorgeous morning in NYC - upper 50s, sunny & clear. Radio City Music Hall is alive with activity as thousands assemble for the World Business Forum, bringing together some of the leading thinkers of our time to debate and ...READ»

Barriers to Innovation

Following up on the discussion started by Roger Smith in his post Can Innovation be Bought? -- it's an interesting angle to consider that senior management's lack of familiarity or confidence with external innovations may be a ...READ»

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: How to Design a Participatory System

Those who have stuck with me all week, know that I believe that participation is key to the next big wave of innovation in business and society. Whether it is in the fundamentals of how we think about wealth or the economy, how we ...READ»

• Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Participation and Health Care
• Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Why We Need Economic Dashboards
• Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Learning to Measure Participation

The Year of the Cockroach

According to the Chinese calendar, 2002 was the Year of the Horse. From the perspective of American business, it was more like the Year of the Cockroach. Faced with the aftermath of a terrorist attack, a declining stock market, ...READ»

Do Online Education and Training Click?

Rex Adams Rex Adams is the dean of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Wrote about: Do Online Education and Training Click? Is reading: On a daily basis ... the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the New ...READ»

Everything I Need to Know I Learned (or Didn't Learn) in Business School

Okay, so I didn't go to Harvard. But I did graduate from that other Massachusetts university with such celebrated alumni as Tipper Gore and Hadassah Lieberman. Boston University may not have the brand-name appeal of Harvard ...READ»

Monday Morning Magic: Looking Forward

Looking forward is about more than peering into the future; it's about excitement and enthusiasm and that makes all the difference in the world.Here is what I am looking forward to:* Today I pack my bags with anticipation, head down ...READ»

Lessons on Innovation From Microsoft

There are plenty of internal reasons why Microsoft's record of innovation is so lackluster. Not to mince words, Bill Gates's researchers have placed a bunch of expensive bets on technologies that haven't panned out. But the company's failure also points to three much bigger lessons about innovation.READ»

Alec Hudnut

Do Online Education and Training Click?READ»

Too Much Innovation? Never!

Rob May asks if too much industry innovation can be a bad thing. It's a reasonable question and I would agree that innovation in some industries hasn't had the intended effect either for companies or customers. I would quarrel a ...READ»

Pocket Professors

Ever wonder how much money business speakers such as Jim Collins, Tom Peters, and Michael Porter pull down each time they take the stage? Workforce Management has compiled a handy chart. Here are the highlights: Clayton ...READ»