I spoke with Bob Sutton about his new book, The Friction Project. Sutton is an organizational psychologist and best-selling author who studies leadership, innovation, organizational change, and ...

Some months ago, I wrote about “Frictionless Learning”. The idea is that too many of us miss opportunities because we can’t get past the friction which we perceive or create in the process of trying ...

In today's episode, Shini tells us about Static and Kinetic friction. Why is it hard to move a heavy bookcase across a carpeted floor? And why is it easier to keep it moving than it was to get it ...

I learned to respect friction, as a phenomenon with many nuances, when I was a graduate student. One day, while teaching a problem session in elementary mechanics, I unwisely invented a new problem to ...