Prioritize clear goals to avoid mistakes; remember to subtract complexity rather than add to solve problems or start new initiatives; think of yourself as an editor-in-chief, cross out and make things shorter; resist the default urge to add more people or complexity, which is ingrained in human problem-solving nature.
Today, Adam Grant and Bob Sutton, two legends of organizational psychology, discuss Bob’s new book, “The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder.”
🎙️ This interview first appeared on Adam’s podcast, “ReThinking.” Follow it now on Apple Podcast or Spotify.
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