Over the centuries, religion has become institutionalized, and in the process encrusted with elaborate hierarchies, top-heavy bureaucracies, highly specialized roles and reflexive routines. Gary Hamel More Quotes by Gary Hamel More Quotes From Gary Hamel Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance. Gary Hamel irrelevance innovation Great accomplishments start with great aspirations. Gary Hamel aspiration accomplishment attitude Somewhere out there is a bullet with your company's name on it. Somewhere out there is a competitor, unborn and unknown, that will render your strategy obsolete. You can't dodge the bullet – you're going to have to shoot first. You're going to have to out-innovate the innovators. Gary Hamel bullets names firsts In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies. Gary Hamel voting political office Never before has the gap between what we can imagine and what we can accomplish been smaller. Gary Hamel gaps imagine imagination In the age of revolution it is not knowledge that produces new wealth, but insight - insight into opportunities for discontinuous innovation. Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination. You must become your own seer. Gary Hamel journey opportunity discovery The problem with the future is that it is different, if you are unable to think differently, the future will always arrive as a surprise. Gary Hamel different problem thinking An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent. Gary Hamel new-horizons advantage talent Business leaders must find ways to infuse mundane business activities with deeper, soul-stirring ideals, such as honor, truth, love, justice, and beauty. Gary Hamel leader soul justice In an increasingly non-linear economy, incremental change is not enough-you have to build a capacity for strategy innovation, one that increases your ability to recognize new opportunities. Gary Hamel strategy innovation opportunity Organizational structures of today demand too much from a few, and not much at all from everyone else. Gary Hamel demand too-much today The only thing that can be safely predicted is that sometime soon your organization will be challenged to change in ways for which it has no precedent. Gary Hamel precedent organization way Win small, win early, win often. Gary Hamel small-wins winning Your organization can start tweeting, but that wont change its DNA. Gary Hamel dna organization Ideas that transform industries almost never come from inside those industries. Gary Hamel industry business ideas Competition for the future is competition to create and dominate emerging opportunities-to stake out new competitive space. Creating the future is more challenging than playing catch up, in that you have to create your own roadmap. Gary Hamel creating space opportunity A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority. Gary Hamel able leader done Perseverance may be just as important as speed in the battle for the future. Gary Hamel persistence perseverance important To be embraced, a change effort must be socially constructed in a process that gives everyone the right to set priorities, diagnose barriers, and generate options. Gary Hamel priorities effort giving Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor. Gary Hamel justice joy commitment