The Starfish and the Spider

The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

Description

If you cut off a spider?s head, it dies; if you cut off a starfish?s leg it grows a new one, and that leg can grow into an entirely new starfish. Traditional top-down organizations are like spiders, but now starfish organizations are changing the face of business and the world. What?s the hidden power behind the success of Wikipedia, craigslist, and Skype? What do eBay and General Electric have in common with the abolitionist and women?s rights movements? What fundamental choice put General Motors and Toyota on vastly different paths? Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom have discovered some unexpected answers, gripping stories, and a tapestry of unlikely connections. The Starfish and the Spider explores what happens when starfish take on spiders and reveals how established companies and institutions, from IBM to Intuit to the U.S. government, are also learning how to incorporate starfish principles to achieve success.
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Writer
Brafman, Ori, Beckstrom, Rod
Title
The Starfish and the Spider
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Year
2008
Language
English
Pages
240
Weight
216 gr
EAN
9781591841838
Dimensions
215 x 138 x 16 mm
Binding format
Paperback / softback

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