Large-scale societal issues increasingly appear on the agenda of business leaders, including poverty, health, education, business-government relations, and the degradation of the environment. These problems are not entirely new, but the forces of globalization and the economic crisis have made...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds a chaired professorship as the Class of 1960 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Specializing in business strategy, innovation, and the management of strategic and organizational change, Professor Kanter also advises major corporations and...