Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“A great idea is not enough.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Nations need to understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and India's tradition of dissent and democratic debate is a positive aspect.”

“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 achieved.”

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

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

“Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are not only respected but celebrated. It is no coincidence that the most highly admired corporations are also among the most profitable.”

“Power is the ability to get things done.”

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

“I've been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I've come to use the language of sports, winning streaks and losing streaks.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“The creative process for me doesn't work as well without an image of an audience in mind.”