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The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations Paperback - 2008
by Ori Brafman; Rod A. Beckstrom
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Using starfish and spiders to illustrate two types of corporate organizations, this book explores how established companies and institutions must incorporate new ideas in order to continue their success.
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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.
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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- Title The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
- Author Ori Brafman; Rod A. Beckstrom
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Portfolio, New York
- Publication date 2008-08-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781591841838 / 1591841836
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Category Business / Economics / Finance
- Dewey Decimal Code 302.35
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