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Welcome to Think Fast, Talk Smart, the podcast.

Today I am super excited to be joined by Bob Sutton, who is both a professor of management, science,

and engineering at the Stanford School of Engineering, as well as a professor by courtesy

of organizational behavior at the GSB.

His research and practice focus on how to improve the way we work. He is the author

of many books, including scaling up excellence, getting to more without settling for less,

and the no-asshole rule. Welcome Bob. It's great to be here. You know, we're recording

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