Michele Zanini

Open Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

December 17, 2021

Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption from Outside the C-Suite Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Kurt Matzler, and Stephen Friedrich von den Eichen The MIT Press (October 2021) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go…

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Enterprise architecture as strategy

December 12, 2021

In Open Strategy, Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz, Kurt Matzler, and Stephen Friedrich von den Eichen explain how to master disruption by formulating an open strategy, one exemplified by Nokia. Consider these points made by Gary Hamel in the Foreword: “Nokia’s…

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Humanocracy: A book review by Bob Morris

August 22, 2020

Humanocracy: Creatiing Organizatuions as Amazing as the People Inside Them Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini Harvard Business Review Press (August 2020) How to build an organization “that’s fit for human beings, and fit for the future” In recent years, several…

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Build a change platform, not a change program

June 7, 2020

  Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up…

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The Bureaucracy Mass Index (BMI)

August 5, 2017

In an article written for Harvard Business Review, Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini observe: “Upending cultural norms isn’t easy. It takes courage, a dose of righteous indignation, and, perhaps most critical, data. People pay attention to things that can be…

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Assessment: Do You Know How Bureaucratic Your Organization Is?

June 27, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please click…

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The social side of strategy

March 28, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from another outstanding article, co-authored by Arne Gast and Michele Zanini and featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out others, obtain subscription information, and…

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Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini on “Why and how to build a change platform, not a change program”

November 2, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. They suggest that it’s not you, it’s your company. Management Innovation eXchange co-founders Hamel and Zanini…

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