He who doesn't know the road delays even the one that does.
-Kikuyu , African Proverb
"What you don't do can hurt you. Missed opportunities lead to later regrets." This is the challenge raised by Rosabeth Moss Kanter in Harvard Business Review (December 2011). She observes...
"Doing nothing seems easy.... To act requires courage. To innovate requires even more courage...
"Courage makes change possible. Intellectual courage is necessary to challenge conventional wisdom and imagine new possibilities. Leaders must refuse to accept limits or stop at industry boundaries.... Moral courage enables people to stand up for a principle rather than stand on the sidelines....
"Courage doesn't imply absence of fear. Heroes are scared to death, but act anyway. Innovators know that they're taking risks. At the same time, courage doesn't mean being foolhardy. Safety nets support daring....
"Sticking with the status quo is tempting. Once a course is set, it becomes the path of least resistance. But other paths must be explored, lest we regret the one not taken."
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