QUOTATION 54

ROSABETH MOSS KANTER ON WHY THE BEST INFORMATION DOES NOT RESIDE IN EXECUTIVE OFFICES

Use this to encourage you to get out of the office and talk to people.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter (b. 1943) is a professor of business at the Harvard Business School, an expert in change management and a highly successful writer on management. She is a supporter of management by walking about (MBWA) as a means by which executives can keep in touch with what is happening on the shop floor.

People who are making decisions about the future often don’t have access to some of the best ideas in the company, which may be at the periphery or at lower levels [of the organisation].

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

WHAT TO DO

  • Schedule time every week to get out of ...

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