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What if you could combine the agility, adaptability, and cohesion
of a small team with the power and resources of a giant
organization? When General Stanley McChrystal took command of the
Joint Special Operations Task Force in Iraq in 2003, he quickly
realized that conventional military tactics were failing. The
allied forces had a huge advantage in numbers, equipment and
training - but none of the enemy's speed and flexibility.
McChrystal and his colleagues discarded a century of conventional
wisdom to create a 'team of teams' that combined extremely
transparent communication with decentralized decision-making
authority. Faster, flatter and more flexible, the task force beat
back al-Qaeda. In this powerful book, McChrystal and his colleagues
show how the challenges they faced in Iraq can be relevant to any
leader. Through compelling examples, the authors demonstrate that
the 'team of teams' strategy has worked everywhere from hospital
emergency rooms to NASA and has the potential to transform
organizations large and small. 'A bold argument that leaders can
help teams become greater than the sum of their parts' Charles
Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit 'An indispensable guide to
organizational change' Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs
The retired four-star general and and bestselling 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 U.S. 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.
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