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Robert I. Sutton

Robert I. Sutton

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Robert I. Sutton is Professor of Management Science and Engineering in the Stanford Engineering School.He is co-founder of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization, which he co-directed from 1996 to 2006.Sutton is also co-founder of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and the new Hasso Planter Institute of Design, a multi-disciplinary program at Stanford that teaches and spreads “design thinking.”He is an IDEO Fellow, member of the Institute for the Future’s Board Trustees, and a Professor of Organizational Behavior, by courtesy, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Books by Robert I. Sutton

The Friction Project

The definitive guide to eliminating the forces that make it harder, more complicated, or downright impossible to get things done in organizations.

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The Asshole Survival Guide

From the bestselling expert: an entertaining and evidence-based guide to dealing with horrible people

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Scaling up Excellence

How do you create a great organisation? By scaling up excellence.

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