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.
