Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Robert I. Sutton

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

Renowned management guru Peter F.Drucker looked back at his 65-year consulting career shortly before he died. He concluded that great leaders could either be 'charismatic or dull' or 'visionary or numbers-orientated,' but the most inspiring and effective managers he knew all had said we rather than I.

Assholes tend to stick together, and once stuck are not easily separated.

The best single question for testing an organization's character is: What happens when people make mistakes?

Creativity isn't about wild talent as much as it's about productivity. To find new ideas that work, you need to try a lot that don't. It's a pure numbers game.