The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori BrafmanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book has some great insights that may be of use in more areas that just business. the general theme is that if you cut off the leg of a starfish - it grows back - but if you cut off the head of a spider - it dies.
there are also some really fascinating stories that relate to the topic of the book.
i think this book - although a bit sluggish and repetitive at times - paints a compelling picture of what collaboration and communication can do in any group or organization. to be a starfish is to be leaderless, in a sense. examples like Wikipedia, Alcoholics Anonymous and the numerous P2P sites prove that leaderless groups and organizations can thrive.
as a youth minister - i am compelled to ponder how leaderless groups might benefit the church. that is food for thought... i intend to chew on it for a while.
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3 comments:
I see that your reading the Bullpen Gospels. You'll have to chat with Kurt about that one. He read it last month!
i was going to recommend he read that. didn't he play against hayhurst?
i'm about halfway through it.
i hear Hayhurst has a book deal now - two write two more books.
oops... meant to type 'to write two more books.'
i know the difference between 'two' 'to' and 'too'. i promise.
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