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The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals

Harvard Business Review

Gary Hamel and C.K. 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. There are two views on strategy. Hamel and Prahalad have an entirely different point of view.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

My current reading list includes: - Leading the Revolution (Gary Hamel) - Juice (Evan Schwartz) - REWORK (Jason Fried) - Trust Agents (Brogan) - Medici Effect (Johannson) - Delivering Happiness (Hsieh) M [link] mikemyatt Hi Dan: Thanks for sharing your thoughts as well as the great list of books. Thanks for stopping by Slava.

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People Are Not Cogs

Harvard Business Review

Gurus like Don Tapscott , Tammy Erickson , John Hagel , Rosabeth Moss Kanter , Gary Hamel , and more recently, Umair Haque , have all written about how our new economy is about producing ideas, experiences, and meaning. Her book, The New How , discussing collaborative ways to have your whole company strategize, was published in 2010.

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Best Leadership Books of 2012

Leading Blog

What Matters Now : How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation by Gary Hamel. The Strategy Book by Max McKeown. Best Leadership Books of 2010. All of these books have helped us to look at the what and ask why ? * * *. The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership by Gary Burnison.

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