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    Ori Brafman & Rod A. Beckstrom’s The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations Summary
    Ori Brafman & Rod A. Beckstrom’s The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations Summary
    Ori Brafman & Rod A. Beckstrom’s The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations Summary
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    Ori Brafman & Rod A. Beckstrom’s The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations Summary

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    This is a must-read summary of Ori Brafman & Rod A. Beckstrom’s The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations Summary

    This complete summary of ideas from Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom's book "The Starfish and the Spider" shows how today’s corporate landscape is populated with “starfish” and “spiders.” In the natural world, starfish, unlike spiders, possess unusual regenerative powers. If a starfish loses a leg, it will grow another. A new starfish will grow from a severed leg. Like starfish, leaderless organizations are always transforming, in stark contrast to hidebound traditional organizations. Where “spiders” are hierarchical, “starfish” are flat; where “spiders” are fixed and rigid, “starfish” are flexible and fluid; and where “spiders” manage from the top down, “starfish” push responsibility down to the lowest levels. In a competition between “starfish” and “spiders,” “starfish” have the upper hand because they react quickly and nimbly to new challenges. To survive, “spiders” need to be more like “starfish”—or become “starfish” themselves.

    Available in a variety of formats, this summary is aimed for those who want to capture the gist of the book but don't have the current time to devour all 240 pages. You get the main summary along with all of the benefits and lessons the actual book has to offer. This summary is intended to be used with reference to the original book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnt Hive Media
    Release dateApr 30, 2017
    ISBN9781370550111
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