The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Energy of Leaderless Organizations

For those who minimize off a spider’s leg, it’s crippled; in the event you minimize off its head, it dies. However in the event you minimize off a starfish’s leg it grows a brand new one, and the outdated leg can develop into a completely new starfish.

What’s the hidden energy behind the success of Wikipedia, Craigslist, and Skype? What do eBay and Common Electrical have in widespread with the abolitionist and ladies’s rights actions? What basic alternative put Common Motors and Toyota on vastly completely different paths? How may successful a Supreme Court docket case be the most important mistake MGM may have made?

After 5 years of ground-breaking analysis, Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom share some sudden solutions, gripping tales, and a tapestry of unlikely connections. The Starfish and the Spider argues that organizations fall into two classes: conventional “spiders,” which have a inflexible hierarchy and top-down management, and revolutionary “starfish,” which depend on the ability of peer relationships.

The Starfish and the Spider explores what occurs when starfish tackle spiders (such because the music business vs. Napster, Kazaa, and the P2P providers that adopted). It reveals how established corporations and establishments, from IBM to Intuit to the US authorities, are additionally studying find out how to incorporate starfish rules to realize success. The e book explores:

* How the Apaches fended off the highly effective Spanish military for 200 years
* The facility of a easy circle
* The significance of catalysts who’ve an uncanny capability to deliver folks collectively
* How the Web has develop into a breeding floor for leaderless organizations
* How Alcoholics Nameless has reached untold tens of millions with solely a shared ideology and with no chief

The Starfish and the Spider is the uncommon e book that can change the way you perceive the world round you.