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Robert I. Sutton

ロバート・アイ・サットン

Robāto I. Satton

Aliases: Bob Sutton

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1954 (Chicago)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Chicago → Stanford

Career

Occupations
Professor of management science, Researcher in evidence-based management, Author
Active Years
1983-2024
Affiliations
Stanford University School of Engineering, IDEO, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Influenced By
Jeffrey Pfeffer

Education

University of Michigan
Organizational psychology
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1984
Country: United States

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

2007 Business book

A book discussing how to handle assholes in the workplace.

Workplace cultureEvidence-based management

Bibliography

  • The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Firms Turn Knowledge Into Action (2000, with Jeffrey Pfeffer)
  • Weird Ideas That Work: 11½ Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation (2002)
  • Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management (2006, with Jeffrey Pfeffer)
  • The No Asshole Rule (2007)
  • Good Boss, Bad Boss (2010)
  • Scaling Up Excellence (2014, with Huggy Rao)
  • The Asshole Survival Guide (2017)
  • The Friction Project (2024, with Hayagreeva Rao)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Evidence-based approachPractical advice
Recurring Motifs
Workplace behaviorInnovationLeadership

Legacy

A prominent professor at Stanford University and New York Times best-selling author known for insights on workplace environments and management.

Trivia

  • Nicknamed Bob Sutton.
  • New York Times best-selling author.