Jan 18 2025 25 mins 47
Friction is everywhere - from our systems to our relationships at work.
But there’s good news - not all friction is bad and if you know how, you can be a friction fixer.
Robert (Bob) Sutton is Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Stanford Business School and co-author of The Friction Project. He takes us through the different types of friction and how we can fix it.
Meanwhile, we hear personal stories from a few This Working Lifers about how they tackled friction in their jobs - thanks to Hamish Thompson, Kate McCallum, and Yashika Nayyar.
This story was first broadcast on 4 February 2024.
