Synopses & Reviews
America is stuck: just look at our crumbling roads and bridges, mismanaged railways, old-fashioned and easily overloaded air traffic control system, and perpetual lack of political will to do anything about it all. In contrast, take a trip around the world. Whiz through the "Chunnel" connecting England and France, get high-speed Internet and cell service on a remote mountain in Turkey, or travel in a driverless Mercedes in Germany, and see a future of possibilities that the United States is barely glimpsing. Whether you are a small business owner with rising transportation costs, an environmentally conscious citizen worried about greenhouse gases, a champion for social justice who knows that poorer citizens are often stuck in neighborhoods with the fewest transportation options, or simply a commuter who is all-too-familiar with traffic congestion, Rosabeth Moss Kanter's bold solutions will motivate all of us to move our transportation infrastructure into a cleaner, faster, and more prosperous future.
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"What unites us should be stronger than what divides us, and our shared reliance on infrastructure--for access to jobs, education, clean air, and healthy communities--makes it a top national priority. In , Rosabeth Moss Kanter offers impressive analysis, insightful stories, and a compelling road map for a new way forward." President Bill Clinton
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"What a wonderful book! With bold and imaginative thinking, shows how we can combine technological innovation with dedicated leadership to make transportation infrastructure an engine for growth and a spark to reignite America's optimism." Walter Isaacson, best-selling author of The Innovators and Steve Jobs
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"Delivering world-class infrastructure is essential for any country to be competitive and create jobs. takes a fresh view on this issue and identifies solutions that build on key American strengths in technological innovation and entrepreneurial vision." Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman and CEO, GE
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"Rosabeth Kanter's makes a persuasive case for the central importance of America's infrastructure to our country's future. In particular, she shows how smarter transportation systems--built on Big Data, cloud, mobile, and social technologies--can make our communities less congested and more livable. This is an important book, with lessons for business, government, and all of civil society." Virginia Rometty, chairman and CEO, IBM
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"America's crumbling infrastructure is one of our most important--and yet overlooked--challenges. With , Rosabeth Kanter puts a human face on the data. From our environment and economy to our neighborhoods and daily commutes, Kanter shows not only the urgent need to address this critical issue but, more importantly, how to do it, in this engaging and inspiring work." Arianna Huffington, president and editor in chief, AOL Huffington Post Media Group
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"Savvy, persuasive, and enjoyable to read, is a sweeping, fact-filled look at how reimagining infrastructure and embracing disruptive technologies and new business models could improve daily life, open economic opportunities, and ease burdens on families. Everyone who cares about more livable cities and more efficient commutes should grab this eye-opening book." Scott Griffith, former CEO of Zipcar
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One of the "50 most powerful women in the world" (The Times), best-selling author Rosabeth Moss Kanter tackles America's most urgent domestic issue.
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Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays on clogged railways, and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent flyer, an entrepreneur, an online shopper, a job-seeker, or a community leader. If people can't move, if goods are delayed, and if information networks can't connect, then economic opportunity deteriorates and social inequity grows.
We have been stuck for too long, writes Harvard Business School professor and best-selling author Rosabeth Moss Kanter. In Move, Kanter visits cities and states across the country to tackle our challenges and reveal solutions on the roads and rails, and in our cities, skies, and the halls of Washington, D.C. We meet a visionary engineer and public servant spearheading an underwater tunnel in Miami to streamline port operations and redirect constant traffic from the city center. We see mayors partnering with large corporations and nimble entrepreneurs to unveil parking apps, bike-sharing programs, and seamless Wi-Fi networks in greener, more vibrant, more connected cities. And we learn about much-needed efforts such as dynamic tolls on highways and fees based on vehicle miles traveled to reduce our dependence on the outmoded gasoline tax in our new electric car age.
It all adds up to a new vision for American mobility, where local leaders shape initiatives without waiting for Congress to act, and ambitious companies partner with governments to tackle projects that serve the public good, create jobs, and improve quality of life while providing healthy sources of investment. With unique insight and unrivaled expertise, Kanter gives us a sweeping look across America, revealing the innovative projects, vital leaders, and bold solutions that are moving our transportation infrastructure toward a cleaner, faster, and more prosperous future.
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"America has been waiting for a call to think big and act big as we envision our transportation future. Kanter's important book is it." --Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, 2007--2015
About the Author
Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School and is chair and director of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative. She is the best-selling author of Confidence, When Giants Learn to Dance, The Change Masters, Men and Women of the Corporation, and many other books.