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The Friction Project

How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder
Book • 2024
The Friction Project by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao focuses on the concept of friction in organizations, highlighting both its positive and negative aspects.

The authors provide tools and strategies for identifying, assessing, and addressing friction, including 'friction forensics' and a 'help pyramid.

' They delve into common friction troubles such as oblivious leaders, addition sickness, broken connections, jargon monoxide, and fast and frenzied people and teams.

The book emphasizes the importance of leaders acting as 'friction fixers' to improve communication, cooperation, and collaboration, and to maintain a productive workplace culture.

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Mentioned in 13 episodes

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Adam Grant
as the co-author of a new book, 'The Friction Project', which offers guidance on workplace problem-solving.
176 snips
How to become a "friction-fixer" with Bob Sutton
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Anne Morriss
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Frances Fry
as the authors of a new book, discussing how to reduce bad friction and increase good friction in organizations.
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Sunday Pick: Friction 101: How to make the right things easier and wrong things harder | Fixable
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Matt Abrahams
as a new book co-authored with Bob Sutton.
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131. Friction Fixing: How to Use Obstacles to Your Advantage
Co-authored by Bob Sutton and Hagi Rao, exploring how smart leaders can leverage friction for better outcomes.
78 snips
How to Reduce the Friction that Hurts You — and Harness the Friction that Helps
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Adam Grant
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Bob Sutton
's latest book, offering insights on workplace problems.
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How to become a "friction-fixer" with Bob Sutton
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Dave Stachowiak
as the basis for the podcast episode, focusing on strategies to mitigate oblivious leadership.
21 snips
667: The Way to Handle Oblivious Leadership, with Robert Sutton
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Damon Klotz
as
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Bob Sutton
's most recent book, co-authored with Huggy Rao.
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Bob Sutton on building a workplace with healthy friction and no assholes
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Lisa Leong
as a book co-authored by
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Robert Sutton
and Huggy Rau, documenting their seven-year research on workplace friction.
14 snips
How to be a friction fixer
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Kurt Nelson
for insights on dealing with friction in the workplace.
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2024's Best Books to Transform Work, Life, and Thinking
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Bob Sutton
as one of his eight books, highlighting the concept of constructive friction in organizations.
The universal hack: Why the friction principle applies everywhere | Bob Sutton for Big Think+
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Bob Sutton
as a book co-authored with Huggy Rao, exploring the concept of friction in organizations.
Surviving Assholes and Building Better Organizations with Bob Sutton 7 | 14
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Greg Satell
as a fantastic read.
Bob Sutton: Rule #1 - Don’t Be An Asshole
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Gregor Thuswaldner
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Robert Sutton
as the topic of their conversation, focusing on how smart leaders can make the right things easier and the wrong things harder.
7. Good vs. Bad Friction in Higher Education: A Conversation with Robert Sutton
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Shankar Vedantam
as a book co-authored by
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Bob Sutton
and Hagi Rao.
Innovation 2.0: Shortcuts and Speed Bumps
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Rachel Johnson
as a new book where Robert I. Sutton studies the concept of flat catchers.
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