Two Stanford professors lay out common workplace challenges in their new book titled "The Friction Project." Coauthor Robert Sutton outlines five of those "frictions." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Using examples such as Apple and Microsoft, coauthor Robert Sutton laid out five examples of friction in workplaces in an interview with Business Insider. Advertisement"A lot of organizations create incentives for building fiefdoms independent of the value of the fiefdoms," Sutton says, meaning people are rewarded for running large teams even if they don't deliver.

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Persons: Robert Sutton, —, Huggy Rao, It's, Sutton, Kim Scott, Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer, Ethan Miller, Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger Organizations: Stanford, Service, Apple, Microsoft, Business, Google, Big Tech, Getty Locations: Cupertino , California