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November/December 2002

WHY INNOVATION HAPPENS WHEN HAPPY PEOPLE FIGHT
by Robert I. Sutton

If it's not if you win but how you play the game, then playing - or working - with humour and an upbeat, positive attitude is surely the right way to play. Besides, these are the teams that usually win.


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About the Author

Robert I. Sutton
Robert I. Sutton is Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the Graduate School of Business, and Professor of Management Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering, Stanford University. He is the author of Weird Ideas That Work: 11 and ½ Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation (The Free Press, 2002), on which this article is based.

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