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Most of us do more than subsist. From the vantage point of our ancestors, we live lives of almost unimaginable ease. Here again, we have innovation to thank.

~Gary Hamel

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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.

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Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.

~Gary Hamel

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In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural leaders don't appear on any organization chart.

~Gary Hamel

Topics: Any Appear Charge Chart Companies Contrast Discover Easy Formal Hierarchy Leaders Matter Most Natural Organization Public Record

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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.

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In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.

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Topics: Citizens Companies Democracy Masters Most Office Option Out Political Voting

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In an ideal world, an individual's institutional power would be correlated perfectly with his or her value-add. In practice, this is seldom the case.

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While one should never underestimate the ability of risk-besotted financiers to wreak havoc, the real threat to capitalism isn't unfettered financial cunning. It is, instead, the unwillingness of executives to confront the changing expectations of their stakeholders.

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As human beings, we are the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating and innovating sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors.

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The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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