Bob Sutton
@bobsutton.net
Organizational psychologist, NYT bestelling author, and Professor Emeritus at Stanford. My 8 books include Good Boss Bad Boss, Scaling Up Excellence, The No Asshole Rule, The Knowing-Doing Gap, and now, The Friction Project. https://www.bobsutton.net
This part of their pitch made me smile--especially the "alpha status" part:
"Will it be expensive? Sure. But working with us means self-investment, downstream profits, and alpha status."
"Will it be expensive? Sure. But working with us means self-investment, downstream profits, and alpha status."
August 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This part of their pitch made me smile--especially the "alpha status" part:
"Will it be expensive? Sure. But working with us means self-investment, downstream profits, and alpha status."
"Will it be expensive? Sure. But working with us means self-investment, downstream profits, and alpha status."
Here my post on the AI assistant that nagged me incessantly and wasted my time yesterday.
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Is anyone out there studying "bot assholes"? | Bob Sutton
Is anyone out there studying "bot assholes"? (Is "Botholes" already a common phrase?) Earlier this week I dealt with a very rude "AI assistant" named "Kiran" by Skej. Even though I had an out of the ...
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July 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Here my post on the AI assistant that nagged me incessantly and wasted my time yesterday.
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Congrats. A big loss for Stanford. Thanks for being such an excellent colleague and human.
July 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Congrats. A big loss for Stanford. Thanks for being such an excellent colleague and human.
I am always impressed with your ability to weigh the facts in support of and in opposition to clashing beliefs. Just when I am sure you have a strong opinion strongly held, you start talking about evidence that supports a different view. A rare talent.
June 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I am always impressed with your ability to weigh the facts in support of and in opposition to clashing beliefs. Just when I am sure you have a strong opinion strongly held, you start talking about evidence that supports a different view. A rare talent.
Here is the link to Jamie and Christopher's Tedx talk on "Why Good People Become Bad Bosses."
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Why good people become bad bosses | Jamie Woolf and Dr. Chris Bell | TEDxSonomaCounty
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June 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Here is the link to Jamie and Christopher's Tedx talk on "Why Good People Become Bad Bosses."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN6S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN6S...
I would add, however, that--as research on economic assumptions shows--when people BELIEVE that capitalism requires treating people like dirt, that is how they are prone to behave. See, for example, this old but compelling summary by
@adammgrant.bsky.social:
evonomics.com/more-evidenc...
@adammgrant.bsky.social:
evonomics.com/more-evidenc...
More Evidence That Learning Economics Makes You Selfish - Evonomics
The perils of teaching homo-economicus
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June 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I would add, however, that--as research on economic assumptions shows--when people BELIEVE that capitalism requires treating people like dirt, that is how they are prone to behave. See, for example, this old but compelling summary by
@adammgrant.bsky.social:
evonomics.com/more-evidenc...
@adammgrant.bsky.social:
evonomics.com/more-evidenc...