
Robert I. Sutton
Born 1954
From Chicago, Illinois, United States · Nationality: United States
Robert Sutton is Professor of Management Science and Engineering and a Professor of Organizational Behavior (by courtesy) at Stanford. Sutton has been teaching classes on the psychology of business and management at Stanford since 1983. He is co-founder of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization, which he co-directed from 1996 to 2006. He is also co-founder of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (which everyone calls “the d school”). Sutton and Stanford Business School's Huggy Rao recently launched the Designing Organizational Change Project, which is hosted by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Sutton studies innovation, leadership, the links between managerial knowledge and organization action, scaling excellence, and workplace dynamics. He has published over 100 articles and chapters on these topics in peer-reviewed journals and the popular press. Sutton’s books include Weird Ideas That Work: 11 ½ Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation, The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Firms Turn Knowledge into Action (with Jeffrey Pfeffer), and Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management (with Jeffrey Pfeffer). The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t and Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best…. and Survive the Worst are both New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers.
Books by Robert I. Sutton in order
Books by Robert I. Sutton in the order they were published, from Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 22 (2000) to Friction Project (2024).
- 1Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 22
Research in Organizational Behavior, Volume 222000 - 2Weird Ideas That Work
Weird Ideas That Work2001 - 3Il metodo antistronzi. Come creare un ambiente di lavoro più
Il metodo antistronzi. Come creare un ambiente di lavoro più civile e produttivo o sopravvivere se il tuo non lo è2007 - 4The No Asshole Rule
The No Asshole Rule2007 - 5Good Boss, Bad Boss
Good Boss, Bad Boss2010 - 6The No Asshole Rule Building a Civilised Workplace and Survi
The No Asshole Rule Building a Civilised Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't. Robert Sutton2010 - 7Scaling up Excellence
Scaling up Excellence2014 - 8The Asshole Survival Guide
The Asshole Survival Guide2017 - 9Friction Project
Friction Project2024