The Team

Gary Hamel

Gary Hamel is Visiting Professor of Strategic and International Management at the London Business School; Co-founder of Strategos, an international consulting company; and Director of the Management Lab. Fortune magazine has labelled Gary Hamel “the world’s leading expert on business strategy.” The Economist calls him "the world’s reigning strategy guru.” Recently, the Journal of Business Strategy listed Hamel as one of the 20th century’s 25 most influential business thinkers.

His latest book, “The Future of Management” has received international acclaim.

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Below is a McKinsey Quarterly article in which Hamel and Bryan discuss how traditional management models do not enable businesses to adequately respond to today's competitive forces.

Read "Innovation Management: A Conversation with Gary Hamel and Lowell Bryan"

Julian Birkinshaw

Julian Birkinshaw is Deputy Dean (Programmes) and Professor of Strategic and International Management at London Business School. He is also a Research Director of the Management Lab and a Senior Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research. He was elected in March 2008 as Fellow of the Academy of International Business.

His latest book, “Giant Steps in Management”, co-authored with Dr. Michael Moll, resents a thought provoking selection of the 50 most important management innovations of the last 150 years and describes the impact they have on management today.

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Watch Julian talk about management issues and practice

Jules Goddard

Jules Goddard is a Research Associate of the Management Lab as well as a Teaching Fellow at the Centre for Management Development at London Business School. He was formerly the Gresham Professor of Commerce at The City University, London, and is a Visiting Professor at GIBS in South Africa.

Michael J. Mol

Research fellow Michael J. Mol is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at the University of Reading. His work focuses on management innovation and outsourcing and has appeared in journals like Sloan Management Review and Research Policy and various books, including “Outsourcing: Design, Process, and Performance” (coming out shortly with Cambridge University Press).

He is the co-author of “Giant Steps in Management” with professor Julian Birkinshaw.

Jeremy Clark

Jeremy Clark is a consultant and speaker on growth strategy and innovation, supporting senior executives of companies and public institutions worldwide through the process of identifying and taking action on “the next thing”.

John Stopford

John Stopford is Chairman of TLP International Inc. and of the Advisory Council of Helperby Therapeutics Plc. He is also Professor Emeritus of London Business School, where he was the founding Chairman of the Strategic and International Management Area, and a Visiting Professor at Nihon University (Tokyo). Professor Stopford is a board-level consultant and coach for chief executives, as well as a designer of board-level executive education programmes for many multinationals. His services have been retained by governments, including Brazil, Japan and Malaysia.

Tony Eccles

Tony Eccles a Faculty Member of the Change Management Consortium and Visiting Professor of Strategic Management at Bath University School of Management. Tony also works with the Management Lab at London Business School.

Stuart Crainer

Stuart Crainer is the editor of Labnotes, Business Strategy Review and a contributing editor to Strategy+Business. His books include “The Management Century” and “Key Management Ideas”. Over the last 20 years, Stuart has interviewed and worked with most of the world's leading business thought leaders.

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