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Gary Hamel

Pioneer of management innovation and global advocate for organizational vitality.

'Vitality: Building the Ultimate Competitive Advantage'

Gary Hamel is one of the world’s most influential management thinkers and a pioneer of management innovation. For more than three decades, he has challenged conventional ideas about strategy, leadership, and bureaucracy. Reshaping how organizations compete and evolve.

A long-standing visiting professor at London Business School, Hamel introduced foundational concepts such as strategic intent, core competence, and management innovation, which are widely taught and applied globally.

As organizations struggle with declining dynamism and increasing complexity, Gary Hamel’s work offers a clear call to reinvent management itself. Building organizations that are resilient, vital, and fit for the future.
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Gary Hamel at OBF 2026
01. PIONEER OF MANAGEMENT INNOVATION
 

Gary Hamel has been at the forefront of redefining management for decades. He argues that bureaucracy, not talent or strategy, is the biggest obstacle to organizational vitality and that real competitive advantage comes from building systems that unleash creativity, initiative, and resilience at scale.

02. GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADER & ACADEMIC AUTHORITY

With over 30 years on the faculty of London Business School, Hamel combines rigorous research with real-world impact. As founder of Strategos and director of the Management Innovation eXchange (MIX), he has worked with organizations worldwide to design innovation-friendly management practices that drive long-term success.
03. A VOICE FOR VITALITY & RENEWAL
 

In an era where many institutions are becoming slower, more risk-averse, and less inspiring, Gary Hamel challenges leaders to aim higher. His work calls for organizations that are not only economically successful but also adaptable, daring, and deeply human, capable of thriving in uncertainty rather than merely enduring it.

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What to learn from Gary Hamel

'Vitality: Building the Ultimate Competitive Advantage'


  • Why organizational vitality, not efficiency alone, is the true source of long-term competitive advantage.
  • How to reinvent management systems to unlock creativity, resilience, and adaptability at scale.
  • What it takes to build organizations that are fit for the future and fit for human beings.
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