Quotes from Gary Hamel

Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.

An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.

Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.

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

Companies do not do new things because they understand it but because they feel it.

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.

We like to believe we can break strategy down to Five Forces or Seven Ss. But you can't. Strategy is extraordinarily emotional and demanding.

Any company that cannot imagine the future won't be around to enjoy it.