Don’t waste time coming up with lots of ideas you’ll never use. Save time for idea selection and implementation.

Put your values front and center. How you make something is as important as what you make.

Changing your culture starts with energizing your users. Customer buy-in motivates staff to take new risks.

Solve problems before they become crises. Pounce on any early signs of trouble in a project.

Start valuing employees who are capable of convince others to try new things. Give them time and space to spread bold new ideas.

To encourage innovation, measure and reward employees’ productive failures.

Think of the design process not as an exercise in aesthetics, but as an inquiry to identify the most important problem to solve.

Know yourself. Confront your own humanity to lead through uncertainty.

Get out of your comfort zone and learn to be adaptable. Breakthroughs don't come from doing what you've always done.

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.

Allow yourself to pause work so you can reflect and decompress. The source of protection from burnout is grounded in your values.

Start with first principles when solving problems and seizing opportunities. Root your decisions and actions in bedrock truths.

Don’t let another meaningful moment slip away. Make them memorable with elements that satisfy our thirst for insight, acknowledgement and connection.

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

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. 

Make your vision your north star and let user data inform iterations. Create virtuous cycles to drive and sustain growth.

Enable people to do their best work and have a clear set of values. Keep organizations entrepreneurial by developing a shared vision and supporting team structures.

Get on the other side of fear, and always go big. Have fun and celebrate the wins along the way to get you through the rough patches.

Find ways to innovate in the field of conservation. It is fundamental to our survival and has yet to be touched by today’s tech revolution.

Be honest about how much uncertainty you can live with before founding a venture. There are many ways to be entrepreneurial, and your heart will tell you when the time is right.

Admit defeat when it's inevitable, understand why and let those lessons inform your strategy and next steps. See open innovation as a tool for disruption.

Inspire your colleagues to care deeply about each other and the organization. You'll forge a team that is in sync and unstoppable.

Get out in the world to understand society's biggest challenges and where your efforts are most needed.

On the racetrack, the checkered flag goes to the car that’s driven to its limits and maneuvered decisively in the moment. On a two-lane road, the split-second act of passing a vehicle stopped in front of you becomes a way more complicated call when algorithms are in control. Autonomous-vehicle maker and Stanford Professor Chris Gerdes applies these findings and more to business and life.