Discover your superpower to unlock your potential in the workplace. Knowing what you excel at helps you develop your skills.

Venture capital is a human business. Build your community on safety and trust to maximize potential.

Innovation requires adaptation.

Take the road less traveled to realize your passions.

To fight friction, add predictability even in times of uncertainty.

You can’t combat friction through structural solutions alone. Start dealing with your emotions and the emotions of those around you.

In fast-moving environments, look for ways to establish consistency and predictability.

To increase productivity, don’t increase working hours—give employees greater autonomy.

Use simple, clear rules to get your team into a rhythm and reduce frustration.

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.