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Jenny Wood

Jenny Wood is a former Google executive. Her writing has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur, Inc., and Forbes.

Credit: Tim Gillies

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An open book reveals the art of smart manipulation: on the left page, a marionette illustration dances gracefully, while on the right, a flock of sheep grazes peacefully in a sunlit field.

Why your smartest colleagues are virtuoso manipulators

We manipulate constantly — but few of us want to be called “manipulative.” Here, ex-Google executive Jenny Wood redefines an unfairly maligned trait.