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The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad's 1989 HBR article "Strategic Intent" brought about a discontinuous shift in my career — from a professor of accounting to a researcher on strategy and innovation. Hamel and Prahalad have an entirely different point of view. Gary Hamel and C.K. This latter view has strongly influenced my work.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

But Dan Pink's recent book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us tackles the perennial subject of motivation, and argues that we need to abandon the ineffectual carrot and stick approach, and the importance of doing something we love for a career. Finally, management ideas can be the catalyst for a better future.