Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

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. Strategic intent takes the long view: the act of such intent is to operate from the future backward, disregarding the resource scarcity of the present.

Goal 9

Goal Prahalad Hamel CPA 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Despite our best efforts, most organizations operate disjointedly. Faced with a competitive challenge from Netflix, CEO John Antioco came up with what seems, even in retrospect, to be a viable plan. Nevertheless, various groups within the enterprise balked at the plan, Antioco was fired, and Blockbuster went bankrupt.

Organization 8

Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Despite our best efforts, most organizations operate disjointedly. Faced with a competitive challenge from Netflix, CEO John Antioco came up with what seems, even in retrospect, to be a viable plan. Nevertheless, various groups within the enterprise balked at the plan, Antioco was fired, and Blockbuster went bankrupt.

Organization 8

Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

To forestall unrest, Jordan's King Abdullah II removed his cabinet , and Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has committed to leave at the end of his term. Consultants came to their assistance with solutions to short-term concerns ranging from moving out cash to halting expansion plans.

Strategy 14

Strategy Politics Short-term Long-term 14