Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

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

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

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.

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

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

We have a large pool of talented and educated women, and yet workplaces haven't necessarily changed to accommodate the reality of their lives.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.