---
id: "quote-truth-to-power"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶90", "¶91"]
tags: ["leadership", "team-building"]
related: ["action-recruit-truth-to-power"]
speaker: "Indra Nooyi"
speakers: ["Indra Nooyi"]
quote: "Look, I used to recruit for people who told truths to power. It was very uncomfortable because they pushed back a lot. And I won on 50% and lost on 50% of the things I suggested."
source_url: "https://hbr.org/2025/10/innovating-at-the-core-and-for-the-future"
source_title: "Innovating at the Core—and for the Future"
sources: ["futures"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-futures"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-cl-91-innovating-core-and-future"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/10/innovating-at-the-core-and-for-the-future"
sourceTitle: "Innovating at the Core—and for the Future"
---
# Recruiting truth to power

> "Look, I used to recruit for people who told truths to power. It was very uncomfortable because they pushed back a lot. And I won on 50% and lost on 50% of the things I suggested."
> — **Indra Nooyi** ([[entity-indra-nooyi]])

The verbatim basis for [[action-recruit-truth-to-power]] and evidence for [[claim-strategy-is-constant-dialogue]].