Think outside the building - how advanced leaders can change the world one smart innovation at a time

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Think outside the building outlines how advanced leaders can drive meaningful social and organizational change through smart innovation. The book frames entrenched “castles” as established orders that trigger defensive reactions when confronted directly, then argues for reframing leadership to create new ways of life beyond institutional walls. It structures guidance around demand and supply, and around skills and sensibilities, linking problem ownership, coalition building, and sustained momentum to lasting impact.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages297

Reading Time12 h 28 min

Prologue

How to Attack a Castle

Introduction

Taking Leadership to a New Place

Part I: Demand and Supply

Up from the Depths: Big Problems and the Need for Advanced Leadership

Who Will Lead? Hierarchy to Hustle, Careers to Causes

Part II: Skills and Sensibilities

Dreaming Big and Seeing More

Revisiting the Past to Create the Future

Light a Spark and Keep Them Fired Up

Crossing the Desert to the Next Oasis

Good to Grow: The Road to Impact

Conclusion

An Army for Change: The Call to Lead

[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Copyright Copyright © 2020 by Rosabeth Moss Kanter Cover design by Pete Garceau Cover copyright © 2020 by Hachette Book Group, Inc. Hachette Book Group supports the right to free expression and the value of copyright. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creative works that enrich our culture. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author ’s intellectual property. If you would like permission to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please [contact permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your](contact permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your) support of the author ’s rights. PublicAffairs Hachette Book Group 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104 [www.publicaffairsbooks.com](www.publicaffairsbooks.com) [@Public_Affairs](@Public_Affairs) First Edition: January 2020 Published by PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc. The PublicAffairs name and logo is a trademark of the Hachette Book Group. The Hachette Speakers Bureau provides a wide range of authors for speaking events. To find out more, [go to www.hachettespeakersbureau.com](go to www.hachettespeakersbureau.com)[ ](go to www.hachettespeakersbureau.com)[or call](or call) ([866](866)) 376-6591. The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, author. Title: Think outside the building : how advanced leaders can change the world one smart innovation at a time / Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Description: First edition. | New York : PublicAffairs, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019037439 | ISBN 9781541742710 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781541742727 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Leadership. | Organizational change. | Social change. | Diffusion of innovations. Classification: LCC HD57.7 .K3625 2020 | DDC 658.4/092—dc23 LC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037439](https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037439) ISBNs: 978-1-5417-4271-0 (hardcover), 978-1-5417-4272-7 (ebook) E3-20191207-JV-NF-ORI [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Prologue: How to Attack a Castle Introduction: Taking Leadership to a New Place Part I: Demand and Supply 1. Up from the Depths: Big Problems and the Need for Advanced Leadership 2. Who Will Lead? Hierarchy to Hustle, Careers to Causes Part II: Skills and Sensibilities 3. Dreaming Big and Seeing More: Random Walks, Kaleidoscopes, and Other First Steps 4. Revisiting the Past to Create the Future: Telling the Right Story 5. Light a Spark and Keep Them Fired Up: Activating Allies, Crafting Coalitions 6. Crossing the Desert to the Next Oasis: Mastering the Miserable Middles 7. Good to Grow: The Road to Impact Conclusion: An Army for Change: The Call to Lead Acknowledgments Discover More About the Author Also by Rosabeth Moss Kanter Praise for Think Outside the Building Notes [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Explore book giveaways, sneak peeks, deals, and more. Tap here to learn more. [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) To Alison, Natalie, and Jacob, who love to dance and draw and would rather be outside, and to Boswell, because every pontificator needs a best friend [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) PROLOGUE HOW TO ATTACK A CASTLE Don’t try to attack a “castle” the established order, the dominant way of dealing with issues—head on. A direct attack provokes defensive actions. Fortifications get deployed. Every window shows a weapon. Iron grates drop, and drawbridges rise to make it impossible to cross the moat. Legions of protectors are mobilized. Occupants become even more defiant, not wanting to be displaced. They hunker down for a long siege, secure in

FAQs

为什么直接“攻击城堡”往往会引发防御反应？

直接对抗既有秩序会触发防御行动：工事会被部署、威胁被强化，内部人员也更倾向于固守并长时间对峙。

书中把“城堡”如何理解？

“城堡”既是字面与隐喻的机构象征，代表制度化的保护与隔离方式，旨在避免外部介入或推动改变所带来的压力。

全书的领导力改变路径主要围绕哪些部分展开？

内容分为需求与供给（问题的巨大性与领导者的来源）以及技能与感受（愿景洞察、叙事塑造、联盟激活、跨越艰难中段的执行，以及通往影响的成长之路）。

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