Scaling Up Excellence
b'Many entrepreneurs dream of starting a business in their garage, scaling it, then selling it to Google for a billion dollars.\\xa0 Such things rarely happen. But scaling happens every day, in our\\xa0career,\\xa0our\\xa0business or our\\xa0workplace. We are constantly trying to improve ourselves, share our ideas,\\xa0and put in systems and infrastructure that will grow our organizations without destroying that which made them great. Stanford professors Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao describe in their exceptionally well-researched and readable new book,\\xa0Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less\\xa0that knowing how to scale is a critical skill for the 21st century workplace. And they have 7 years worth of research, analysis and case studies, consolidated into this great book. In my\\xa0lively conversation with Bob Sutton, we discuss: Scaling excellence in your own career Scaling up competence as startups get past bootstrapping Looking for hot causes and cool solutions Why big teams suck Scaling excellence in large companies: Why change should\\xa0happen in pockets of excellence, not be spread like peanut butter across an organization Bob has been my "adopted professor" and High Council of Jedi Knight member for the last 8 years. I respect his work so much, and hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did!\\xa0 Read more about the book and order it here:\\xa0http://scalingupexcellence Give Bob a shout out on Twitter\\xa0@work_matters'