Team of Teams

New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

De: General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman, Chris Fussell

Narrado por: Paul Michael

The retired four-star general and and best-selling author of My Share of the Task shares a powerful new leadership model.

Former General Stanley McChrystal held a key position for much of the War on Terror, as head of the Joint Special Operations Command. In Iraq, he found that despite the vastly superior resources, manpower, and training of the US Military, Al Qaeda had an advantage because of its structure as a loose network of small, independent cells. Those cells wreaked havoc by always staying one step ahead, sharing knowledge with each other via high-tech communications. To defeat such an agile enemy, JSOC had to change its focus from efficiency to adaptability. McChrystal led the transformation of his forces into a network that combined robust centralized communication (“shared consciousness”) with decentralized managerial authority (“empowered execution”). Now he shows not only how the military made that transition, but also how similar shifts are possible in all kinds of organizations, from large companies to startups to charities to government agencies. In a world of rapid change, the best organizations think and act like a team of teams, embracing small groups that combine the freedom to experiment with a relentless drive to share what they’ve learned. McChrystal and his colleagues explain their process for helping organizations embrace this model. They also share fascinating research and examples from settings as diverse as emergency rooms and NASA’s mission control center.

Read by Paul Michael. Introduction and recaps read by General Stanley McChrystal.

©2015 Penguin Audio (P)2015 General Stanley McChrystal, Chris Fussell, Tantum Collins, David Silverman

Reseñas de la Crítica

"In addition to being a fascinating and colorful read, this book is an indispensable guide to organizational change." (Walter Isaacson, from the foreword)

"This is a bold argument that leaders can help teams become greater than the sum of their parts." (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit)

"Team of Teams is erudite, elegant, and insightful. An unexpected and surprising wealth of information and wonder, it provides a blueprint for how to cope with increasing complexity in the world. A must read for anyone who cares about the future - and that means all of us." (Daniel Levitin, author of The Organized Mind)

Fantastic book on leadership

A well written review on leadership over the years and how much its changed. Then a great look at how much we have to adapt to the changes in technology information and overall corporate structures to advance in our own personal leadership.

Information age leadership at its best

Stanley McChrystal does a great job explaining the interconnectedness of shared Consciousness and empowered execution through anecdotes and examples. I was impressed with the use of other Industries and projects to highlight military leadership Concepts

Fantastic book

I enyojed my drives to work for last two weeks. Every chapter has a story and the book represent the problem of modern teams.

Excellent concepts

Some of the examples are a little slow, but it comes together nicely in the end.

Good read/listen..

Relevant examples, though military in nature, are easily translated in to the business world today.

Better than expected

Presents a great approach while connecting/contrasting elements of that approach to other theories, examples, historical events etc.
Really really well written

a better way to manage

it took a while to digest, but in the end, this is a brilliant reflection of how the free market works in any high volume information management situation where the main task is "Get 'er done".

One of the best books on leadership I've read.

This book is awesome. This should be required reading for management and CEO's. Definitely worthy of a gift.

Great book on understanding teams

This book gave me great perspective on how to look at leadership differently. the stories for context really helped out! awesome book

Shared Consciousness, Empowered Execution

A very good book. The Key success takeaways of shared consciousness resulting from transparency and use of technology plus empowered execution from decentralization of managerial authority resulted in a successful meeting and defeating the ever changing and amorphous enemy.