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A great idea is not enough.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 15
Economist
Professor
Sociologist
Teacher
University Teacher
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
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Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.
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Confidence is the bridge connecting expectations and performance, investment and results.
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... people are capable of more than their organizational positions ever give them the tools or the time or the opportunity to demonstrate.
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After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people - and encourage their people to use neglected creative capacities in order to tap the most potent economic stimulus of all: idea power.
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The architecture of change involves the design and construction of new patterns, or the reconceptualization of old ones, to make new, and hopefully more productive, actions possible.
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Passion for a goal doesn't guarantee success, but without it, you can't even begin.
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The way innovating companies are designed leaves ambiguities, overlaps, decision conflicts or decision vacuums in some parts of the organisation. People rail at this, curse it-and invent innovative ways to overcome it.
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Those enjoying winning streaks thus win twofold. They win not only the game but also the right to greater self-determination. They become masters of their own fate. That feeling of efficacy, of being in charge of circumstances, is the essence of confidence. Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering.
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Money should never be separated from values. Detached from values it may indeed be the root of all evil. Linked effectively to social purpose it can be the root of opportunity.
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Change is like putting lipstick on a bulldog. The bulldog's appearance hasn't improved, but now it's really angry.
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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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In the most innovative companies there is a significantly higher volume of thank yous than in companies of low innovation.
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To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.
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The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row.
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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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