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The Friction Project

How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder

by Robert I. Sutton, Huggy Rao · 2024 · 288 pages

Adam Grant
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About This Book

Explores how organizational forces can either hinder or facilitate progress by making tasks intentionally easier or harder. The authors present research-based strategies for leaders to become 'friction fixers' who identify and repair broken processes to protect employee time and productivity. The text analyzes common structural obstacles such as bureaucratic red tape, 'addition sickness,' and communication silos.

Book Details

Published

2024

Pages

288

Language

en

ISBN

9781250284419

Awards & Recognition

Financial Times Best Business Books of 2024 (Longlist)

Audiobook Available

8h 44m
Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins

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