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Friction in business isn’t always bad. Timely intervention can help prevent a Boeing-like mistake
Featured on Fortune
Why ‘sh*t-fixers’ make the best managers
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Every Corporation Needs a Marie Kondo
Featured on Bloomberg
Good Vs. Bad Friction: How To Use Organizational Friction To Simplify Leadership Processes & Boost Performance | Bob Sutton
Featured on Great Leadership Podcast
emails — just some of the most common workplace frictions
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Commonwealth Club
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How Companies Say ‘Layoffs’ Without Saying ‘Layoffs’
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Mass Layoffs Shouldn’t Be Routine
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People Managing People Podcast
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Friction Fixing: How to Use Obstacles to Your Advantage
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Business Insider
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How you can be a Friction Fixer at work
Featured on This Working Life
8 Times You Should Slow Way Down at Work, According to a Stanford Management Expert
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Live Greatly Podcast
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Speed Versus Long-Term Success [Explicit]
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Why leaders should act as “editor in chief” of their organizations
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HBR IdeaCast
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Re:Thinking with Adam Grant
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Forbes
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Second City Works
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