Quotes by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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

To take full advantage of the potential in e-business, leaders must lead differently, and people must work together differently. Let’s call this new way of working e-culture-the human side of the global information era, the heart and soul of the new economy.

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.

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

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

The more closed the circle, the more difficult it is for ‘outsiders’ to break in. Their very difficulty in entering may be taken as a sign of incompetence, a sign that the insiders were right to close their ranks.

You can always buy something in English, you can’t always sell something in English.

Passion for a goal doesn’t guarantee success, but without it, you can’t even begin.

A basic truth of management – if not of life – is that nearly everything looks like a failure in the middle.

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.