Robert Sutton Quotes

#1. Be the light and source of inspiration that others see

Sunday Adelaja

#2. If you want a creative organization, inaction is the worst kind of failure.

Robert I. Sutton

#3. is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Robert I. Sutton

#4. We want to move even a step forward toward resolving the abduction issue.

Koichi Haraguchi

#5. If someone says they shouldn't have to follow regulations because they're making food in their home, I'd say, 'Why is your home so safe that it doesn't need that level of oversight and control?'

Robert Sutton Harrington

#6. Grit drives people to succeed, especially when they face daunting and prolonged challenges - a hallmark of every scaling effort. (Scaling Up Excellence)

Robert Sutton

#7. all great technologies are blends of other technologies.

Robert I. Sutton

#8. Be wary when people tell you that they don't produce a lot, but when they do, it will be "brilliant." Remember that innovation is largely a function of productivity.

Robert I. Sutton

#9. In the lab, we could not see or physically describe the mathematical objects that we called quarks, which we suspected were the key to unlocking the dynamics of the strong force that binds together the clump of protons and neutrons at the center of the atom.

David Gross

#10. 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.

Robert I. Sutton

#11. The worst that God does to His children is to whip them to heaven.

Thomas Watson

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

Robert I. Sutton

#13. When your boss listens to you carefully, reaches out to help you, and learns from you, it enhances your dignity and pride. Doing so also helps your boss gain empathy for you, to better understand how it feels to be you and what you need to succeed in your job and life.

Robert I. Sutton

#14. A series of controlled experiments and field studies in organizations shows that when teams engage in conflict over ideas in an atmosphere of mutual respect, they develop better ideas and perform better .

Robert I. Sutton

#15. Vu ja de means seeing old things that are inside and outside the company in new ways.

Robert I. Sutton

#16. Organizations that learn from their failures forgive and remember, they don't forgive and forget.

Robert I. Sutton

#17. organizations that spread and sustain excellence are infused with a "relentless restlessness" - that often uncomfortable urge for constant innovation, driven by the nagging feeling that things are never quite good enough.

Robert I. Sutton

#18. Success is like a locked door, to open and get it through, you need to create your own key.

Zeeshan Ahmed

#19. I use job interviews for two things. First, to recruit people. Second, to get some help with my work. I give job candidates problems I can't

Robert I. Sutton

#20. smart talk trap."17 This a syndrome where companies hire, reward, and promote people for sounding smart rather than making sure that smart things are done.

Robert I. Sutton

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

Robert I. Sutton

#22. Garret Sutton's books on corporations provide wonderful insight into the power of personal corporations.

Robert T. Kiyosaki

#23. If you can't bring yourself to encourage employees to lie down on the job, at least give them plenty of breaks. The ordinary fatigue most of us feel during the workday makes us grouchier - and dumber - as the hours go by.

Robert I. Sutton