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The Starfish and the Spider

The Starfish and the Spider



Author: Ori Brafman
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Portfolio Trade
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1591841836
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The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations



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.The Starfish and the Spider review. 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.SRead full reviews of The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations.

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The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
Categories: Decentralization in management, Success in business, Organizational behavio. Contributors: Ori Brafman - Author. Format: Hardcover

The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
From Publishers Weekly Brafman and Beckstrom, a pair of Stanford MBAs who have applied their business know-how to promoting peace and economic development through decentralized networking, offer a breezy and entertaining look at how decentralization is changing many organizations. The title metaphor conveys the core concept: though a starfish and a spider have similar shapes, their internal structure is dramatically different—a decapitated spider inevitably dies, while a starfish can regen

The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
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 unexpect

The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power o..., 9781596591516
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations (Your Coach in a Box), ISBN-13: 9781596591516, ISBN-10: 159659151X



The Starfish and the Spider Reviews


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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