Bob Greene has written many books, and they are all incredibly unsitful and helpful. Let's imagine you've been contracted to write the definitive rule book for effective teeming and work. What would rule number one be in your new book? Well, i a rule number one fom my wer selling book, weird ideas that work,. is about how to create creative teams and organizations. And the rule is, find some happy people and get them to fight wat.
Most of the work we do requires coordinating and collaborating with others. But how can we ensure the benefits of working with others, while avoiding conflict that’s inherent to communicating within groups?
In this podcast episode, Matt Abrahams speaks with Bob Sutton, Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford School of Engineering and GSB Professor of Organizational Behavior (by courtesy) about maximizing productivity while minimizing what he calls “friction.” “So many organizations make the right things too hard to do and the wrong things too easy,” Sutton says. “For communication, to me, a big part of a leader's job is to be clear about where people should focus attention and where they should not focus attention.”
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