During the ten years I lived in the U.K., I frequently attended an Anglican church just outside of London. I enjoyed the energetic singing and the thoughtful homilies. And yet, I found it easy to be a pew warmer, a consumer, a back row critic.
Gary HamelThe single biggest reason companies fail is they overinvest in what is, as opposed to what might be.
Gary HamelAll too often, a successful new business model becomes the business model for companies not creative enough to invent their own.
Gary HamelThe goal is not to speculate on what might happen, but to imagine what you can make happen.
Gary HamelDakota tribal wisdom says that when you're on a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. Of course, there are other strategies. You can change riders. You can get a committee to study the dead horse. You can benchmark how other companies ride dead horses. You can declare that it's cheaper to feed a dead horse. You can harness several dead horses together. But after you've tried all these things, you're still going to have to dismount.
Gary Hamel