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Episode #97 is a discussion with Bob Sutton, a Stanford University Professor of Management Science and Engineering and the best-selling author of “The No A-hole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t” Other books by Bob include “The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action” and “Weird Ideas That Work: How to Build a Creative Company.” Here, we talk about his new book, due out in September, called “Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best… and Learn from the Worst.”

In this podcast, the conversation weaves through Toyota, HP, Intel, Southwest and other companies as well find parallels and complements between different management approaches, including Lean. Stay to the end to find out what company Bob thinks is surprisingly good and weeding out “A-holes” from their organization.

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