The friction project: How smart leaders make the right things easier and the wrong things harder
- London Penguin Random House 2024
- x, 293p., note., ind., 22 cm X 13 cm
Recommended by: Shailendra Raj Mehta
Content:
Part I: Setting the stage. Introduction: Why friction is terrible and wonderful, and how you can fix it Our friction project Part II: The elements friction fixing. A trustee of others' time Friction forensics: The easy way or the hard way? How friction fixers do their work: The help pyramid Part III: The friction traps: Intervention points for friction fixers. Oblivious leaders: Overcoming power poisoning Addition sickness: Putting the subtraction mindset to work Broken connections: On preventing coordination snafus Jargon monoxide: On the drawbacks and (limited) virtues of hollow and impenetrable babble Fast and frenzied: When and how to apply good friction Part IV: The wrap-up. Your friction project