This blog is funny, sad, useful, and tells many truths. John, one of the folks who does the blog, is an unemployed filmmaker who started it after being laid-off. It is remarkably create and professional. For starters, take a look at Michael Spafferty's Video Resume.
15 Things I Believe
- 1. Sometimes the best management is no management at all -- first do no harm!
- 2. Indifference is as important as passion.
- 3. In organizational life, you can have influence over others or you can have freedom from others, but you can't have both at the same time.
- 4. Saying smart things and giving smart answers are important. Learning to listen to others and to ask smart questions is more important.
- 5. Learn how to fight as if you are right and listen as if you are wrong: It helps you develop strong opinions that are weakly held.
- 6. You get what you expect from people. This is especially true when it comes to selfish behavior; unvarnished self-interest is a learned social norm, not an unwavering feature of human behavior.
- 7. Getting a little power can turn you into an insensitive self-centered jerk.
- 8. Avoid pompous jerks whenever possible. They not only can make you feel bad about yourself, chances are that you will eventually start acting like them.
- 9. The best test of a person's character is how he or she treats those with less power.
- 10. The best single question for testing an organization’s character is: What happens when people make mistakes?
- 11. The best people and organizations have the attitude of wisdom: The courage to act on what they know right now and the humility to change course when they find better evidence.
- 12. The quest for management magic and breakthrough ideas is overrated; being a master of the obvious is underrated.
- 13. Err on the side of optimism and positive energy in all things.
- 14. It is good to ask yourself, do I have enough? Do you really need more money, power, prestige, or stuff?
- 15. Jim Maloney is right: Work is an overrated activity
My Writing and Ranting
- How to Be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy| Featured HBR Article
- Comment on "CEO's guide to reenergizing the senior team" in the McKinsey Quarterly
- Foreword toThe Peter Principle: Reprinted in BusinessWeek
- In Praise of Simple Competence -- Opinion -- BusinessWeek
- 'The Peter Principle' -- 40 years later (Women for Hire)
- The Layoff: Harvard Business Review Case and Comments
- The ergonomics of innovation -- The McKinsey Quarterly
- BusinessWeek: Are You Being a Jerk? Again?
- interview Pixar Brad Bird - Innovation lessons from Pixar Director Brad Bird - Strategy - Innovation - The McKinsey Quarterly
- Why Managing by Facts Works: Strategy+Business
- Interview with Mozilla's Mitchell Baker:The McKinsey Quarterly
- Greater Good: Are You a Jerk? Special Issue on Power
- Management Consulting News Interview: The No Asshole Rule
- The Decent Thing to Call My Book - Publishers Weekly
- theedgedaily.com: Building a Civilised Workplace
- Fast Breaking Comment by Fabrizio Ferraro, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Robert I. Sutton
- Weird Rules of Creativity - Think You Manage Creativity? Here's Why You're Wrong - HBS Working Knowledge
- April 2007: Tips for dealing with workplace jerks
- Forbes.com Video Network: Weed Out the Bad Seed
- NPR : Weighing the Pros and Cons of Office Romances
- Best Practices Story: American Executive
- Stanford School of Engineering - Ask The Expert
- MP3 of Stanford Talk
- Act on Facts, Not Faith
- Why Managing by Facts Works
- Eight Tips for Better Brainstorming
- Management Advice: Which 90% is Crap?
- Prove It
- The Case for Evidence-Based Management
- 800CEORead on Hard Facts
Press Room
- Blogosphere of Influence: Stanford Daily
- Schumpeter: Hating what you do | The Economist
- Advise and Shine - - CFO.com
- Get Rid Of Jackass Clients - Forbes.com
- SF EXAMINER: The no a**hole rule: Problems caused by the most difficult people at work
- Business Daily - True leaders focus on followers, not themselves
- Manage Office Bullies - WSJ.com
- Poynter Online: No ***holes in Your Newsroom
- How Investment Committees Go Amiss - WSJ.com
- Luck Inc. - The Boston Globe
- Job Anxiety: BusinessWeek
- The Peter Principle Lives On, Personal Development Article - Inc. Article
- A New Look at Dr. Peter's Useful, Hilarious Classic - BusinessWeek
- Bartz's Yahoo Moves Win Kudos - WSJ.com
- Major Yahoo reorganization looms: San Jose Mercury
- Financial sector: however good the pay, it doesn't buy results | Business | The Observer
- FT.com | Management Blog | Pick of the week
- Your new-age workforce - NYTimes.com
- How to hire a star, not a prima donna | News.com.au
- Why CEOs soft-pedal layoffs: Fortune Magazine
- IBM Reshapes Its Sales Meetings - BusinessWeek
- Innovation made easy... or else - Shop Talk
- Management maxims in need of a makeover - US News and World Report
- Globe and Mail: The Best You Can Be Is a Perfect Imitation of Those Who Came Before You
- Oprah.com. The Knowing-Doing Gap: How to Stop Procrastinating
- UPFRONT : Finetuning the bullshit detector | New Zealand Management | Find Articles at BNET
- UPFRONT : Finetuning the bullshit detector |BNET
- The maverick mantra
- BusinessWeek: How to Make Meetings Matter
- Evidence-based HR management is the only way forward
- How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong
- Creating a firm culture that supports innovative design | Practice Matters | Architectural Record
- Deccan Herald - Keeping the Mozilla momentum with the open source model
- Managing by facts - Pensions & Investments
- Le Monde.fr : Au-delà des apparences, par Jean-Michel Dumay
- With growth of blogging on campus, Stanford gets caught up in Web 2.0
- Social networking meets social change: SF Chronicle
- Into the Wild - Team Building - Executive Offsite - Timbuk2
- New York Times: After Succeeding, Young Tycoons Try, Try Again
- BusinessWeek: B-School All-Stars
- Financial Times: The Cost of Hidden Bias at Work
- BusinessWeek:Powerful Profs
- WSJ CareerJournal | Why Preparing for Failure Can Bring You Success
- BusinessWeek: The Name of the Game Is Work
- WSJ CareerJournal | Though Now Routine, Bosses Still Stumble During the Layoff Process
- WSJ.com:Now, It's Business By Data
- Hard Facts Review on ManagementSite
- globeandmail.com: Hard facts about this year's books
- Vancouver Sun: Smart brainstorming combines, extends ideas
- How Yahoo! Gave Itself A Face-Lift: Evidence-Based Management in BusinessWeek
- Design school project teaches bike safety - The Stanford Daily Online
- BusinessWeek Recommends this blog
- BusinessWeek: The Talent Hunt
- BusinessWeek: Eight Rules To Brilliant Brainstorming
- BusinessWeek: The Truth About Brainstorming
- d.school aims to promote hip hop - The Stanford Daily Online
- Jeff Pfeffer's Business 2.0 Columns
- The Observer | Business | You could be a genius - if only you had a good system
- Bob Sutton and Diego Rodriguez | Stanford Summit
- Beyond Viral: Using The Web To Nurture 'Contagious Behavior' Among Customers
- NPR : Hollywood Tolerates Strange Behavior, Up to a Point
- GRUNGE INC. / LIVE-IN STARTUPS COMBINE FRAT-HOUSE CULTURE WITH VENTURE CAPITAL
- How do you say no to a Yes Man?
- Nasty Boss Phenom
- The Observer |Bosses in love with claptrap and blinded by ideologies
- Facing Facts:Businessweek
- USNews.com: Management maxims in need of a makeover
- Handy guide to life, the universe and good sense
- CNN.com
My Places
Stanford Executive Programs
Good Books
Chip Heath: Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Daniel H. Pink: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Rakesh Khurana: Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
Tim Brown: Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
Morten T. Hansen: Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results
Alan M. Webber: Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Your Self
Matthew E. May: In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing
Pamela Slim: Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur
Dacher Keltner: Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
Tina Seelig: What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World
Laurence J. Peter: The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
Donovan Campbell: Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
Paul Ekman: Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage, Third Edition
James Dyson: Against the Odds: An Autobiography (Business icons)
- Laurence J. Peter: The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
Stephen C. Lundin: Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
Richard A. Moran: Nuts, Bolts, and Jolts: Fundamental Business and Life Lessons You Must Know
Lucian Bebchuk: Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation
Thomas M. Tripp: Getting Even: The Truth About Workplace Revenge--And How to Stop It
Randy Komisar: The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
J. Richard Hackman: Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances
Scott A. Snook: Friendly Fire: The Accidental Shootdown of U.S. Black Hawks over Northern Iraq
Frank Hauser: Notes on Directing: 130 Lessons in Leadership from the Director's Chair
Thomas Kelley: The Art of Innovation: Success Through Innovation the IDEO Way
- The Psychology of Gratitude (Series in Affective Science)
Robert Emmons: Thanks!: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier
Hayagreeva Rao: Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations
Alice Schroeder: The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Donald T. Phillips: Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times
Michael Maccoby: Narcissistic Leaders: Who Succeeds and Who Fails
Warren Bennis: Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader
Michael Maccoby: The Leaders We Need: And What Makes Us Follow
Michael A. Hiltzik: Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
Noah J. Goldstein: Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
Peter Bearman: Doormen (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries)
P. M. Forni: The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude
Jon Gordon: The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work
Charles L. Bosk: Forgive and Remember: Managing Medical Failure, 2nd Edition
Dan Ariely: Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Martin Kihn: House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time
Martin Kihn: Asshole: How I Got Rich & Happy by Not Giving a Damn About Anyone & How You Can, Too
Dean Keith Simonton: Origins of Genius: Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity
David McCullough: The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
Jared Diamond: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Timothy Ferriss: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
Bob Sullivan: Gotcha Capitalism: How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day-and What You Can Do About It
Kerry Patterson: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
C. Fred Alford: Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power
K.P. Springfield: The 5 Habits of Highly Successful Slackers (Because 7 Is Too Many)
Chip Heath: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Robert B. Cialdini: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials)
Michael S. Malone: Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company
Shona L. Brown: Competing on the Edge : Strategy as Structured Chaos
Thomas H. Davenport: Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning
John Steinbeck: The Log from the "Sea of Cortez" (Penguin Modern Classics)
Peter J. Frost: Toxic Emotions at Work and What You Can Do About Them
Louis Uchitelle: The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences
Jeffrey Pfeffer: Managing With Power: Politics and Influence in Organizations
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Phil Rosenzweig: The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers
William C. Taylor: Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win
Rakesh Khurana: Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
Jeffrey Pfeffer: New Directions for Organization Theory : Problems and Prospects
James L. Adams: Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas
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My Books
Video and Audio
- Good boss, bad times - McKinsey Quarterly Interview About HBR Article
- Bringing Creativity to Organizations| Bob Sutton|Stanford Technology Ventures
- Innovation in a Recession: Forum | KQED|NPR
- Weighing the Pros and Cons of Office Romances : NPR
- The No Asshole Rule by Robert Sutton |Book Briefs | BNET Video
- 50 Lessons: The No Asshole Rule
- Robert Sutton: The No Ahole Rule Talk at Stanford
- The Jerk at Work:CNBC
- NPR: Office rule: No assholes | KAI RYSSDAL on Marketplace
- NPR: Building a Civilized Workplace| Tech Nation
- NPR Marketplace: Office rule: No assholes
- Evil Genuis - CNBC.com
- Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner: Robert I. Sutton, The No Jerk Rule
- Forbes.com Video Network: Weed Out the Bad Seed
- The Chris Pirillo Show: Podcast
- TotalPicture Radio with Peter Clayton - Robert Sutton
- Fifty Lessons | Prof. Robert Sutton on the No Asshole Rule
Barnes & Noble
800CEORead
If you order multiple books (especially over 25) this is the place to go
ARSE Tools
ARSE Tips
Pick a Country or a Language
- United States: The No Asshole Rule
- Canada: The No Asshole Rule
- United Kingdom: The No Asshole Rule
- German Edition: Der Arschloch-Faktor
- Japan： The No Asshole Rule
- Amazon.fr : Objectif Zéro Sale Con: Livres: Robert Sutton
- Italian: IL METODO ANTISTRONZI Elliot edizioni
- Brazil: Chega de Babaquice!
- Quebec (French-Canadian Edition): Objectif Zero Chien Sale
- Dutch: De anti-huftermethode
The No Asshole Rule:Articles and Stories
- Toronto Star: Odd man out is recipe for a toxic office
- Lessons From The Who: How To Work With Folks You Don’t Like | MainStreet
- No Jerks Allowed: How and Why GCs Can Stop Angry, Rude and Demeaning Workplace Behavior
- Come difendersi dal capo aguzzino arriva il manuale antimobbing - cronaca - Repubblica.it
- Fortune: The trouble with Steve Jobs
- TechJournal South - Bosses Who Browbeat Employees Hurt Performance
- WWJ Newsradio 950 - Daily Dash January 30, 2008
- No jerks allowed - Nepali Times
- Beating back the office bully | Seattle Times Newspaper
- The Complete Lawyer: Special Issue on Workplace Bullying
- VOIR.CA - Robert Sutton - Maudits chiens sales!
- North Shore Magazine: The Emergency Exit
- Easing Angst: Business Today, India
- Reuters: Business Books -- Titles that got attention in 2007
- Art de vivre : Carrières - Attention, chien méchant
- Le « sale con » en entreprise a un coût - Les Echos.fr
- Dealing with the jerk at work - CNN.com
- Metodo antibastardi per lavorare di più. Corriere della Sera
- Zéro sale con au bureau : objectif prioritaire ! - LEntreprise.com
- Stanford Reports: The Acceptance Speech
- Press Release: No Asshole Rule Wins Quill Award
- Work-Obsessed Media - Executive Careers - Portfolio.com
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin| Bullies: Some law firms try closing the door on bad behavior
- NPR Marketplace: Office rule: No assholes (text)
- Financial Post| The no jerk rule: A guide to hire by
- Are you a good colleague or just a pain in the office? | the Daily Mail
- reportonbusiness.com: The deal maker shows his giving side
- DESPOT MEASURES New York Post
- WSJ CareerJournal | Strategies for Surviving An Office Bully's Abuse
- Don't Let The Jerks At Work Drive You Insane
- Taking the Jerk Out of Work: Thestreet.com
- Getting IT Bullies to Behave
- 01men - Harcèlement au travail : l'Objectif ;Zéro-sale-con de Robert Sutton
- AP Story:Hit back at the office bullies, screamers and demeaners
- Methodical Tyrants: Style Weekly
- Inside the Mind of the Modern American Boss -- New York Magazine
- Add Insult To Inquiry - washingtonpost.com
- Fifty Lessons Video| Prof. Robert Sutton | No Assholes Rule
- No Jerks Allowed | TIME
- New Jerk City: New York Post Story
- Central Valley Business Times: Abusive Bosses Abound
- Hamilton Spectator - Let's Try Being a Jerk-Free City
- The word is out: Vancouver Province
- San Francisco Chronicle: Crusade against the jerk at work / Some companies seek to filter out toxic employees
- BusinessWeek: How To Get Rid Of The, Uh, Jerks
- The Brunei Times:Bad bosses give out bad vibes
- Author puts focus on office bullies and jerks | U.S. | Reuters
- 60 Seconds: Metro UK Interview
- The co-worker from hell | The Australian
- Law.com - The No-Asshole Rule
- The Bully Rulebook: INC Magazine
- Win A Book From Money Magazine
- Buchtipp der Woche: Der Arschloch-Faktor - Newsletter Job + Karriere Jobs FOCUS Online
- FTD - Ein Mann deutlicher Worte - Wirtschaftsbücher
- Assholes Beware! - 1/1/2007 - Publishers Weekly
- Blinq: Expletive Deleted
- "Schwein sein" article in German Financial Times
- BILD-Serie: Der Arschloch-Faktor -- Asshole "self-test" in German
- Nasty Boss Phenom:AP Story
- Nasty People:CIO Insight Article
Reviews and Comments: The No Asshole Rule
- Book Me In: The No Asshole Rule
- Positive Psychology and Assholes | Psychology Today Blogs
- Some rules are meant to be . . . admired: The “No Asshole Rule” — The Fluent Self
- Texas Lawyer - Ban Jerks to Boost the Bottom Line
- A**holes and Absenteeism: Workforce Instituite
- American Chronicle | Fight or Flight
- Nepali Times: No Jerks Allowed
- A Little Britten at The Times: Let’s have a niceness revolution
- Amazon's Best Books of 2007: Customer Favorites in Business
- New York Post: STACKED! Notable Business Books in 2007
- Fast Company | The Best Business Books of 2007
- The No Asshole Rule by Robert I. Sutton review
- CIO Insight Editors' Picks: Best Books of 2007
- The Happy Employee: Book: The No Asshole Rule
- Hudson Booksellers: Best Books of 2007
- Book Review: The No Asshole Rule by Robert I. Sutton, PhD
- globeandmail.com: Office jerks finish first
- Butting Out the Bullies: South China Morning Post
- Simon Caulkin: With an asshole in charge, we all get a bum deal | Business | The Observer
- Training Media Review: No Asshole Rule
- Simon Caulkin: With an asshole in charge, we all get a bum deal | Business | The Observer
- What's in the Journals, May 2007 | Economist.com
- Escape from Cubicle Nation: The flying arse assessment and other great book promotion ideas
- Financial Times: Techniques for accommodating ' difficult ' people
- Book stresses curbing vile workplace behavior: MiamiHerald.com
- The Road Hammer: Book Review
- Book Review: The No Asshole Rule
- No Jerks Allowed | TIME
- The CEO Refresher - Refresher Books
- National Post Digital
- Matt Berther Blog
- Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog -- All about assholes
- The No Asshole Rule and HR at KnowHR Blog
- Management by Baseball: No Asshole Rule
- The Busybody: The "No Asshole Rule": A Question of Ethnocentricity
- Life at the Bar: Review of The No Asshole Rule
- The Little White Book: Pink Slip Review
- Book Review: The No Asshole Rule
- Zero Tolerance for Jerks: Workforce.com
- The Performance & Talent Management Blog: The No Asshole Rule
- Escape from Cubicle Nation: Bob Knight: the perfect mascot for "The No Asshole Rule"
- Publishers Weekly Review - The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
- Kent Blumberg: Business books to read slowly
- Computerworld Online: How to cope with jerks at work
- Chuck Newton: The Intentional Lawyer That Stole Christmas
- Pink Slip: All Worked Up
- Bob Sutton’s Weird Ideas -- Mavericks at Work Blog
- Pink Slip: .....Building a Civilized Workplace
- Acorn Creative
- Slow Leadership: Jerk-infested Waters
- Guy Kawasaki: Book Review: The No Asshole Rule by Robert Sutton
- davidmaister.com: Bob Sutton's 'No Asshole Rule
- Forthcoming:Comments on Sig's blog
Sig's kids want the book back from him! - Critical Praise: The No Asshole Rule
- Brayden King: Are you part of the problem?
- Kent Blumberg: Upcoming book by Bob Sutton - "The No Assholes Rule"
Good Blogs and Stuff
- metacool
- Signum sine tinnitu--by Guy Kawasaki
- Stephen Few
- Evidence Soup
- tompeters!
- A Penny For...
- Ed Batista
- Management By Baseball
- NussbaumOnDesign
- The Happiness Project
- Positive Sharing
- Life at the Bar
- AccMan Pro
- Escape from Cubicle Nation
- davidmaister.com
- Ross Mayfield's Weblog
- Kareem Mayan's Weblog: customer experience, emerging technology, media, and more
- esther derby associates, inc.
- The Big Picture: Apprenticed Investor
- Kent Blumberg
- iinnovate
- John's Blog
- orgtheory.net
- Joi Ito's Web
- Futurelab's Blog
- Forthcoming
- Harga-blog
- Grant McCracken
- The Dilbert Blog
- Building Rapport
- Polly -- Mavericks at Work Blog
- IFTF's Future Now
- d.school news
- Learning Strategies
- The Daily Perk
- Chuck Newton
- TIME: Work in Progress by Lisa Cullen
- Adventure of Strategy
- The Creativity Exchange
- MBA Programs at Business Schools
- 40 Hours to Go
- Nicole | Career Success Through Relationships
- CreativityRulz
- Unfolding Leadership
- Small Business Human Resources Blog • Effortless HR Blog
- Vineet's Blog-Leading a Transformational Journey
- http://www.matthewemay.com/
- The Business Insider
- LEADING THOUGHTS
- HRIZONS
- Legal Ghostwriting & Content : Janet Raasch : Copy for Lawyers & Attorneys, Law Firm Business Development
- The Consuls' Files
- The LIFT Blog
Jack,
Thanks for telling me ... it was simple incompetence.
It should work now.
Bob
Posted by: Bob Sutton | April 22, 2009 at 11:10 AM
The link is broken... is that a rather clever comment on the brokenness of western style capitalism? Or, did you just mess up the link? ;)
Posted by: Jack Hughes | April 22, 2009 at 09:11 AM