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Bob Sutton, Stanford University

FRICTION Season 2: Coming Soon

Stanford Engineering Professor Bob Sutton is back at it to find the causes and cures for dysfunctional organizational friction. Part organizational design, part therapy, season two of the FRICTION podcast dives into stories of trailblazers who knew when to slow down and think -- and when to speed up and break through the walls of bureaucracy. Buckle up for episodes featuring leadership coach and Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn, Lean Startup guru Eric Ries restaurateurs Craig and Annie Stoll and much, much more. New episodes drop May 30th.
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Clip 7 of 7 from: How Organizations Can Win Our Hearts [Entire Talk]
Chip Heath, Stanford Graduate School of Business

How to Make a Moment Special

Stanford business Professor Chip Heath talks about his latest book, "The Power of Moments," which he wrote with his brother, Dan. In it, they use the acronym EPIC to sum up the main elements that make an experience memorable. The letters stand for elevation (of the senses), pride (feeling recognized for our achievements), insight (learning something new) and connection (with family, friends or colleagues).
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Clip 6 of 7 from: How Organizations Can Win Our Hearts [Entire Talk]
Chip Heath, Stanford Graduate School of Business

A Well-Designed First Day

Chip Heath, professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, shares an example of how a company can make a new hire's first day the special occasion it should be - but often isn't because organizations fail to seize the moment. Heath, an expert in organizational behavior, describes how the tractor maker John Deere fills an employee's first day with experiences that build pride and insight about the company, and meaningful connections with colleagues.
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Clip 1 of 7 from: How Organizations Can Win Our Hearts [Entire Talk]
Chip Heath, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Best Friends in 45 Minutes

Chip Heath, professor of organizational behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, describes research where strangers were brought much closer, emotionally, simply by having them ask each other a series of increasingly personal questions. Heath, co-author of the book "The Power of Moments," says the study shows how "we're only 45 minutes away from really close connections" with the people around us.
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Clip 7 of 7 from: Debugging the Brogrammer Culture [Entire Talk]
Tracy Chou, Project Include

Quantifying Women in Tech

Software engineer Tracy Chou, a prominent advocate for more diversity in tech, recalls when she realized that an industry so data driven had none on the number of women in the workforce. A founding advisor to Project Include, Chou recounts how the open database she created in 2013 gave her peers a simple way to address a problem that seemed too large to do anything about individually.
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Tracy Chou, Project Include

Embrace Diversity Early

Software engineer Tracy Chou, a leader in the effort to make the industry more inclusive, explains how the immediate business pressures startups face can force them to de-emphasize the issue and result in "diversity debt" that becomes much harder to overcome once the organization grows. Chou, a founding advisor to Project Include, says relying on homogenous professional networks for hiring just perpetuates the problem.
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Mitigate Biases with Rubrics

Software engineer Tracy Chou, a leading voice for more diversity and inclusion in tech, explains how identifying rubrics can standardize processes and remove biases. She sums up research showing how managers who specify hiring criteria before picking a job candidate made them less likely to stray from their stated preferences. Chou, a founding advisor to Project Include, speaks of improving existing processes, not necessarily creating new ones.
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Tracy Chou, Project Include

Debugging the Brogrammer Culture [Entire Talk]

Constantly ask yourself, 'Who's not in the room?" Championing diversity in tech will result in a more inclusive culture and better products.
Video 57 minutes
Tracy Chou, Project Include

Debugging the Brogrammer Culture [Entire Talk]

Constantly ask yourself, 'Who's not in the room?" Championing diversity in tech will result in a more inclusive culture and better products.

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Clip 5 of 5 from: The Courage to Take Positive Risks [Entire Talk]
Julayne Virgil, Girls Inc. of Alameda County

Resilience is Everything

Julayne Virgil, CEO of Girls Inc. of Alameda County, discusses the importance of providing girls with the confidence and support to question and overcome negative gender stereotypes. She shares the story of a young girl in the program who pursued an interest in math, despite discouragement from her teacher, and then went on to excel in computer science in high school.
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Julayne Virgil, Girls Inc. of Alameda County

The Courage to Take Positive Risks [Entire Talk]

Find fulfillment by asking yourself what matters most. Then, seek out the skills and experiences needed to get you to the next stage in your career. 
Video 53 minutes
Julayne Virgil, Girls Inc. of Alameda County

The Courage to Take Positive Risks [Entire Talk]

Find fulfillment by asking yourself what matters most. Then, seek out the skills and experiences needed to get you to the next stage in your career. 

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Clip 4 of 6 from: Elements of Effective Leadership [Entire Talk]
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Stanford University

What Are Your Values?

Leadership rests on knowing your values and those guiding your organization, according to Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne. He talks about how his values are organized under three categories: personal, interpersonal and actions. For the latter, he lists optimism, initiative and tenacity. "Nothing important in the world gets done easily," he says.
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Josh McFarland, Greylock Partners

How to Hire Executives

Josh McFarland of Greylock Partners shares advice from peers about how to hire senior-level executives to work at a startup. He discusses the concept of “confident humility,” the need to thoroughly check references, and having board members who will call out your own issues. McFarland underscores the importance of learning how to argue well, so confrontations become constructive and informative.
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Clip 7 of 7 from: How to Know if Entrepreneurship is For You [Entire Talk]
Eurie Kim, Forerunner Ventures

What’s Your Risk Threshold?

Eurie Kim, general partner at Forerunner Ventures, discusses the "risk appetite" and financial flexibility needed to be an entrepreneur, based on the hundreds she encounters in a year. She contrasts the stability and structure of working at a big company with the uncertainty and self-accountability inherent at a startup, emphasizing that entrepreneurs have to define their own goals and milestones.
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Clip 6 of 7 from: Focus On People [Entire Talk]
Sameer Dholakia, SendGrid

Define Culture Early

Sameer Dholakia, CEO of SendGrid, stresses the importance of establishing a company's values at the start. They will determine your culture, and the type of people you attract. He says a company's culture should be defined in simple and memorable terms, and that it should convey what kinds of individuals have no place in the organization. He cites the "4H" culture at SendGrid: "Happy, Hungry, Humble and Honest."
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Sameer Dholakia, SendGrid

Treat Employees Like Owners

If employees feel like owners, they'll care more about all aspects of a company, asserts Sameer Dholakia, CEO of cloud-based email platform SendGrid. He also talks about empowering employees in real ways, citing Toyota's well-known production system, where any line worker has the ability to stop manufacturing if something is wrong. Dholakia says this brings teams together to solve problems and celebrate progress.
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