The Starfish and the Spider

By Rod A. Beckstrom, Ori Brafman,

Book cover of The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

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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.…

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The value of this book is not in advocating for leaderless organizations. It's in understanding the inherent power of decentralized leadership to foster greater innovation, powerfully respond to crisis, and continually morph in the face of rapidly changing culture and environments.

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