FRICTION with Bob Sutton

In the final episode of season two, Stanford Professor Bob Sutton and producer Rachel Julkowski look for signs of hope i... Read more

Too much friction drives you crazy, but too little leaves you adrift. In this episode, Stanford Professor Bob Sutton and... Read more

The temperature is higher and things move faster, but restaurant kitchens aren’t so different from any other workplace—y... Read more

The modern workplace is killing people and no one cares. That’s the sobering conclusion of Jeffrey Pfeffer’s new book "D... Read more

Rules get an unfairly bad rap. In this episode, Stanford Engineering Professor Kathleen Eisenhardt, author of Simple Rul... Read more

You don’t need as many ideas as you think you do. In this episode, Stanford Professor Bob Sutton and Henning Piezunka, a... Read more

Can you dampen friction in the bureaucracy-laden, ego-filled halls of the United States government? Yes-- you can, says ... Read more

Many companies likes to think they’re practicing design thinking, but most of them are wrong. Sam Yen, former Chief Desi... Read more

If your stunt coordinator falls asleep in an important meeting, you can expect trouble later, says Hollywood executive p... Read more

To create a culture of innovation inside a large organization, leaders need to help their organizations become bimodal, ... Read more