Quotes by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something theyve never seen before, something that does not yet exist.”

“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.”

“Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.”

“A great idea is not enough.”

“To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.”

“Too many people let others stand in their way and dont go back for one more try.”

“Ambivalence about family responsibilities has a long history in the corporate world.”

Change is disturbing when it is done to us, exhilarating when it is done by us.

Business requires understanding financial matters, but management is different from running the financial aspects of the business - it requires understanding complex systems, how they operate, the nature of organisations, what happens when people interact in groups and how to motivate and guide people.

Confidence isnt optimism or pessimism, and its not a character attribute. Its the expectation of a positive outcome.

Organizational structures that allow divisions and departments to own their turf and people with long tenure to take root creates the same hardened group distinctions as Congressional redistricting to produce homogeneous voting blocs - all of which makes it easier to resist compromise, let alone collaboration.