Robert I. Sutton Quotes

Jeffrey Pfeffer And I Found That Many Ineffective Companies Suffer From This Disease, Which We Call The "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. In Such Organizations, Talking Somehow Becomes An Acceptable - Even A Preferred - Substitute For Actually Doing Anything. Inaction Is Bad For Any Company. But It Is Especially Devastating When Innovation Is The Goal, Because So Many Ideas Need To Be Tried To Find A Few That Might Work.

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