Quotes by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

About Rosabeth Moss Kanter:

Rosabeth Moss Kanter is a professor of business at Harvard Business School, where she holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship. In addition she is director and chair of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative.
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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 m...

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When you fail at something, the best thing to do is think back to your successes, and try to replicate whatever you did to make them happen.

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

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The commune movement is part of a reawakening of belief in the possibilities for utopia that existed in the nineteenth century and exist again today, a belief that by creating the right social institution, human satisfaction and growth can be achieve...

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Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

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Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

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Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore.

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The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row.

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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.

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Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.

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Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.

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I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.

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One of the symptoms of a losing streak is a turnover of top executives. It's a revolving door.

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'No' is always an easier stand than 'Yes.'

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My creative process involves that old saying: It's 90% perspiration and only 10% inspiration.

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Some social scientists say that in-group/out-group biases are hard-wired into the human brain. Even without overt prejudice, it is cognitively convenient for people to sort items into categories and respond based on what is usually associated with th...

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Friendly people are caring people, eager to provide encouragement and support when needed most.

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It's almost impossible to break a losing streak on your own.

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Tribalism reflects strong ethnic or cultural identities that separate members of one group from another, making them loyal to people like them and suspicious of outsiders, which undermines efforts to forge common cause across groups.

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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.

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Author Bio

  • NameRosabeth Moss Kanter
  • DescriptionAmerican economist
  • BornMarch 15, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTeacher
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship