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I luv this definition of #management from @profhamel

Management Craft

And we know that great management is the engine of progress. I love how Gary Hamel defined management as " the technology of human accomplishment ," in this post. And as Hamel reminds us, a catalyst for human progress? Now that's a job worth aspiring to and a craft worth developing, isn't it?

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The Guru's Guide to Creating Thought Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Zeitgeist, German for "spirit of the time," is the complex interplay of economic, technological, political, and social forces that can determine which ideas will flop and which will fly in a particular moment. So what did Hamel and Prahalad add? Tune Your Idea to the Zeitgeist. Link the New to the Old.

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Compete on Know-Why, Not Know-How

Harvard Business Review

Core insights are a complement to the familiar notion of core competencies , which were first advocated by Gary Hamel and the late C.K. So how do you sell a more expensive economy car, especially one with an unfamiliar, unproven technology? But whereas core competencies are about know-how, core insights are about know-why.

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Do Customers Even Care about Your Core Competence?

Harvard Business Review

Who doubts Microsoft’s technical core competencies in software, networking and gaming technologies? How do you get your best or most typical customers to willingly, cheerfully and innovatively re-engineer themselves around your core competencies in ways that enhance both? Incidentally, this holds true even for a quasi-Web 2.0

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The Metamorphosis of the CIO

Harvard Business Review

The European Commission believes that digital business ecosystems are critical to Europe''s future competitive ability, and the key to realizing "this promise of fostering the development of those technologies, systems, applications and services that are critical to achieving higher growth, more and better jobs, and greater social inclusion."

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Provoking the Future

Harvard Business Review

In addition to immediate investing privileges, any player can propose an idea, from a cost saving or efficiency measure ("Savings Bonds") to an extension of the company's current capabilities ("Bow Jones") to a truly disruptive venture into a new business or technology ("SPAZDAQ"). We knew as founders we didn't have a monopoly on great ideas.

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You Innovate with Your Heart, Not Your Head

Harvard Business Review

” By the way — that CEO was my brother, Dr. Loren Hamel. For me, the point of his story was simple but profound: empathy is the engine of innovation. In one of his last presentations as Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs said his company lived at the intersection of “technology” and “liberal arts.”