by Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Author)
One of the leading business thinkers in the world offers a bold, new
theory of advanced leadership for tackling the world's complex, messy,
and recalcitrant social and environmental problems.
Over a
decade ago, renowned innovation expert Rosabeth Moss Kanter co-founded
and then directed Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative. Her
breakthrough work with hundreds of successful professionals and
executives, as well as aspiring young entrepreneurs, identifies the
leadership paradigm of the future: the ability to "think outside the
building" to overcome establishment paralysis and produce significant
innovation for a better world.
Kanter provides extraordinary
accounts of the successes and near-stumbles of purpose-driven men and
women from diverse backgrounds united in their conviction that positive
change is possible.
A former Trader Joe's executive, for example,
navigated across business, government, and community sectors to deal
with poor nutrition in inner cities while reducing food waste. A
concerned European banker used the power of persuasion, not position, to
find novel financing for improving the health of the oceans. A
Washington couple enticed global partners to join an Uber-like platform
to match skilled refugees with talent-hungry companies. A visionary
journalist-turned-entrepreneur closed social divides by giving fifty
million social media users access to free local education and culture.
When
traditional approaches are inadequate or resisted, advanced leadership
skills are essential. In this book, Kanter shows how people everywhere
can unleash their creativity and entrepreneurial adroitness to mobilize
partners across challenging cultural, social, and political situations
and innovate for a brighter future.
