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

Cut off a spider’s head, and it dies; cut off a starfish’s leg and it grows a new one, and that leg can grow into an entirely new starfish.

Traditional top-down organisations are like spiders, but now starfish organisations are changing the face of business and the world.

What’s the hidden power behind the success of Wikipedia and Skype? What does Ebay have in common with the women’s rights movement?

The authors 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.

WATCH: The Starfish and the Spider – Rod Beckstrom in Talks at Google

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Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman and Rod A Beckstrom (cover)
Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman and Rod A Beckstrom (cover)

About this book

  • Author Ori Brafman, Rod A Beckstrom
  • EAN/UPC 9781591841838
  • Publication 28 August 2008
  • Format Paperback
  • Edition 1
  • Publisher Penguin Putnam

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