Rosabeth Moss Kanter

No" is always an easier stand than "Yes.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

A great idea is not enough.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Power is the ability to get things done

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Change demands new learning.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

You've no future unless you add value, create projects.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Confidence is the bridge connecting expectations and performance, investment and results.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Cheap labor is not going to be the way we compete in the United States. It's going to be brain power.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Our future will be shaped by the assumptions we make about who we are and what we can be.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

A self-reinforcing upward spiral: performance stimulating pride stimulating performance.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The architecture of change involves the design and construction of new patterns, or the reconceptualization of old ones, to make new, and…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Confidence makes you willing to try harder and attracts the kind of support from others that makes "winning" possible.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The more closed the circle, the more difficult it is for 'outsiders' to break in. Their very difficulty in entering may be…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The boomers' biggest impact will be on eliminating the term 'retirement' and inventing a new stage of life... the new career arc.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those reasons don't correspond to organizational goals. So…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The Martha Stewart trial makes clear how far women have risen in the business world. America can be proud of our equal-opportunity…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The very lack of opportunity the group faces creates a self-defeating cycle and puts pressure on members to limit their aspirations.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Life is full of cycles that have a way of perpetuating themselves. Success and failure both feed on themselves. Things can go…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Time is a function of impact. The longer a book of mine has been in print, the greater its impact seems to…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

What being among the 'right people' entails is the possession of human capital, rather than organizational capital: an individual reputation, portable skills,…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Peter Drucker being one of the most important influences because he has helped to think differently about organizational leadership and management. Frankly,…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Tribalism reflects strong ethnic or cultural identities that separate members of one group from another, making them loyal to people like them…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people - and encourage…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Embrace change as an opportunity to learn, to improve, to make a difference in others' lives as well as in your own.…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Sports is a perfect activity in which to see streaks and cycles, organizational and otherwise, in action - and to watch confidence…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Competition has never been more threatening than it is now. Innovative thinkers challenge the status quo in their organizations. They are often…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

A great thinker once described innovative thinkers this way: "Some men see things as they are and say, 'Why?' I dream of…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

"Leadership" is a big topic today. We know that the world - nations and communities in addition to companies - needs more…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

John Akers once said that changing IBM's culture was more difficult than getting elephants to dance. Of course it's really difficult, as…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Even the new feminist research on sex-role socialization and sex differences has sometimes had the unfortunate consequence of creating a new set…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Lack of opportunity breeds dreams of escape. But professionals and managers who have invested in their careers do not leave the work…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The difference between "winners" and "losers" is not whether they face obstacles and setbacks - we all do, and it is inevitable…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Thinkers, makers and traders are the DNA of the world class company

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter