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Books like The Silo Effect

Anthro-Vision
by Gillian Tett • 2021
Wall Street's models did not see 2008 coming. Anthropology did. Here is how.
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1k+
🏢 Corporate Anthropology🏛️ Organizational Culture👁️ Cultural Blind Spots🌐 Cultural Intelligence💰 Financial Anthropology
Anthro-Vision Summary
Anthro-Vision 96%
Wall Street's models did not see 2008 coming. Anthropology did. Here is how.
by Gillian Tett 2021
4.01
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Anthropology🏛️ Organizational Culture👁️ Cultural Blind Spots🌐 Cultural Intelligence💰 Financial Anthropology
Smart Collaboration
by Heidi K. Gardner • 2017
Sharing your best clients doesn't shrink your business. The data shows it makes it bigger.
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121
💼 Professional Services🏛️ Partnership Models🧱 Organizational Silos🤝 Collaborative Leadership🎯 Incentive Design
Smart Collaboration Summary
Smart Collaboration 95%
Sharing your best clients doesn't shrink your business. The data shows it makes it bigger.
by Heidi K. Gardner 2017
3.63
121 ratings
💼 Professional Services🏛️ Partnership Models🧱 Organizational Silos🤝 Collaborative Leadership🎯 Incentive Design
Leading Successful Change
by Gregory P. Shea • 2020
Stop announcing change. Design an environment where the behaviors you need are the only option.
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121
🔄 Organizational Change🏗️ Organizational Design🎯 Strategy Execution🧩 Systems Thinking🧠 Behavioral Science
Leading Successful Change Summary
Leading Successful Change 95%
Stop announcing change. Design an environment where the behaviors you need are the only option.
by Gregory P. Shea 2020
3.62
121 ratings
🔄 Organizational Change🏗️ Organizational Design🎯 Strategy Execution🧩 Systems Thinking🧠 Behavioral Science
The Science of Successful Organizational Change
by Paul Gibbons • 2015
Half of all change efforts fail. The fix is the behavioral science most leaders overlook.
4.07
45
🔄 Change Management🏃 Agile Organizations🧠 Behavioral Economics🪞 Cognitive Biases🕸️ Complexity Theory
The Science of Successful Organizational Change Summary
The Science of Successful Organizational Change 94%
Half of all change efforts fail. The fix is the behavioral science most leaders overlook.
by Paul Gibbons 2015
4.07
45 ratings
🔄 Change Management🏃 Agile Organizations🧠 Behavioral Economics🪞 Cognitive Biases🕸️ Complexity Theory
Uncharted
by Margaret Heffernan • 2020
Why the best leaders swap predictions for experiments, scenarios, and collective preparation.
3.64
458
📋 Scenario Planning🧪 Experimentation Culture🏛️ Long-Term Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Collective Intelligence
Uncharted Summary
Uncharted 94%
Why the best leaders swap predictions for experiments, scenarios, and collective preparation.
by Margaret Heffernan 2020
3.64
458 ratings
📋 Scenario Planning🧪 Experimentation Culture🏛️ Long-Term Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Collective Intelligence
The Stupidity Paradox
by Mats Alvesson • 2016
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
3.61
530
🏢 Organizational Behavior🔧 Workplace Dysfunction🧭 Organizational Culture🐑 Groupthink🤔 Cognitive Bias
The Stupidity Paradox Summary
The Stupidity Paradox 94%
The most dangerous idea at work: thinking less makes everything run better.
by Mats Alvesson 2016
3.61
530 ratings
🏢 Organizational Behavior🔧 Workplace Dysfunction🧭 Organizational Culture🐑 Groupthink🤔 Cognitive Bias
Cultures and Organizations
by Geert Hofstede • 1993
Six cultural dimensions shape how nations work, lead, and trade; your MBA covered only one.
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1k+
🏢 Cross-Cultural Management📊 Organizational Behavior🌍 National Culture🌐 Global Business🤝 Intercultural Competence
Cultures and Organizations Summary
Cultures and Organizations 94%
Six cultural dimensions shape how nations work, lead, and trade; your MBA covered only one.
by Geert Hofstede 1993
4.11
1k+ ratings
🏢 Cross-Cultural Management📊 Organizational Behavior🌍 National Culture🌐 Global Business🤝 Intercultural Competence
Obliquity
by John Kay • 2010
The goals that matter most are best achieved by aiming for something else entirely.
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📈 Business Strategy🧠 Behavioral Economics🔗 Complexity Theory🌱 Evolutionary Economics🤫 Tacit Knowledge
Obliquity Summary
Obliquity 94%
The goals that matter most are best achieved by aiming for something else entirely.
by John Kay 2010
3.62
1k+ ratings
📈 Business Strategy🧠 Behavioral Economics🔗 Complexity Theory🌱 Evolutionary Economics🤫 Tacit Knowledge
The Demon of Unrest
by Erik Larson • 2024
A dueling code, a hunger for fame, and the 113 days that ignited America's deadliest war.
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🏛️ Civil War Origins⛓️ American Slavery⚔️ Honor Culture📉 Political Failure🔴 Presidential Crisis
The Demon of Unrest Summary
The Demon of Unrest 94%
A dueling code, a hunger for fame, and the 113 days that ignited America's deadliest war.
by Erik Larson 2024
4.17
62k+ ratings
🏛️ Civil War Origins⛓️ American Slavery⚔️ Honor Culture📉 Political Failure🔴 Presidential Crisis
The Unaccountability Machine
by Dan Davies • 2024
Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.
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1k+
🏢 Corporate Governance🔄 Systems Thinking🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction💰 Shareholder Primacy📊 Financialization
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine 94%
Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.
by Dan Davies 2024
3.74
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Governance🔄 Systems Thinking🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction💰 Shareholder Primacy📊 Financialization
A New Way to Think
by Roger L. Martin • 2022
Eight pieces of management wisdom that hold you back, and what actually works instead.
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580
🏢 Corporate Strategy🏗️ Organizational Design🌱 Organizational Culture🧠 Strategic Thinking🧪 Behavioral Economics
A New Way to Think Summary
A New Way to Think 94%
Eight pieces of management wisdom that hold you back, and what actually works instead.
by Roger L. Martin 2022
4.02
580 ratings
🏢 Corporate Strategy🏗️ Organizational Design🌱 Organizational Culture🧠 Strategic Thinking🧪 Behavioral Economics
The Power of Noticing
by Max H. Bazerman • 2014
The worst failures were visible beforehand; the missing ingredient was never data but attention.
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437
🧠 Cognitive Biases💰 Behavioral Economics🏢 Organizational Culture⚠️ Risk Management👔 Executive Leadership
The Power of Noticing Summary
The Power of Noticing 94%
The worst failures were visible beforehand; the missing ingredient was never data but attention.
by Max H. Bazerman 2014
3.40
437 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases💰 Behavioral Economics🏢 Organizational Culture⚠️ Risk Management👔 Executive Leadership
Sensemaking
by Christian Madsbjerg • 2017
Algorithms cannot read a room. The humanities, not more data, unlock what people actually mean.
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680
🔍 Cultural Analysis📝 Thick Description👁️ Ethnographic Methods📊 Critique Of Big Data🧠 Phenomenology
Sensemaking Summary
Sensemaking 94%
Algorithms cannot read a room. The humanities, not more data, unlock what people actually mean.
by Christian Madsbjerg 2017
3.67
680 ratings
🔍 Cultural Analysis📝 Thick Description👁️ Ethnographic Methods📊 Critique Of Big Data🧠 Phenomenology
Beyond Performance
by Scott Keller • 2011
The half of business success most leaders ignore: organizational health. A playbook for building it.
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302
🌀 Change Management🏛️ Organizational Culture🧠 Behavioral Economics🌱 Leadership Development⚙️ Execution
Beyond Performance Summary
Beyond Performance 94%
The half of business success most leaders ignore: organizational health. A playbook for building it.
by Scott Keller 2011
3.91
302 ratings
🌀 Change Management🏛️ Organizational Culture🧠 Behavioral Economics🌱 Leadership Development⚙️ Execution
The Gray Rhino
by Michele Wucker • 2016
Obvious, predictable threats destroy more than surprises do, and we ignore them anyway.
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391
🛡️ Risk Management🚨 Crisis Leadership🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🔗 Systems Thinking
The Gray Rhino Summary
The Gray Rhino 94%
Obvious, predictable threats destroy more than surprises do, and we ignore them anyway.
by Michele Wucker 2016
3.57
391 ratings
🛡️ Risk Management🚨 Crisis Leadership🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🔗 Systems Thinking
How Great Leaders Think
by Lee G. Bolman • 2013
Four lenses, one crisis. The leaders who switch between them see what everyone else misses.
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230
🏢 Organizational Behavior👔 Executive Leadership🔄 Systems Thinking🧠 Cognitive Flexibility🏛️ Organizational Culture
How Great Leaders Think Summary
How Great Leaders Think 94%
Four lenses, one crisis. The leaders who switch between them see what everyone else misses.
by Lee G. Bolman 2013
3.81
230 ratings
🏢 Organizational Behavior👔 Executive Leadership🔄 Systems Thinking🧠 Cognitive Flexibility🏛️ Organizational Culture
What Happened to Goldman Sachs
by Steven G. Mandis • 2013
Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.
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208
🏦 Wall Street📈 Investment Banking🏢 Corporate Culture⚖️ Business Ethics🔬 Organizational Sociology
What Happened to Goldman Sachs Summary
What Happened to Goldman Sachs 94%
Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.
by Steven G. Mandis 2013
3.60
208 ratings
🏦 Wall Street📈 Investment Banking🏢 Corporate Culture⚖️ Business Ethics🔬 Organizational Sociology
The Starfish and the Spider
by Ori Brafman • 2006
Some organizations have no headquarters, no boss, and no kill switch. They are taking over.
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6k+
🏗️ Organizational Design🌐 Decentralized Systems👥 Distributed Leadership🔗 Network Effects🦾 Organizational Resilience
The Starfish and the Spider Summary
The Starfish and the Spider 94%
Some organizations have no headquarters, no boss, and no kill switch. They are taking over.
by Ori Brafman 2006
3.83
6k+ ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🌐 Decentralized Systems👥 Distributed Leadership🔗 Network Effects🦾 Organizational Resilience
Barbarians to Bureaucrats
by Lawrence M. Miller • 1989
Seven leadership personalities drive every company from vision to decay. The pattern can be broken.
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204
🔄 Corporate Lifecycles📉 Organizational Decline🎭 Leadership Archetypes🏢 Corporate Culture📋 Bureaucracy Critique
Barbarians to Bureaucrats Summary
Barbarians to Bureaucrats 94%
Seven leadership personalities drive every company from vision to decay. The pattern can be broken.
by Lawrence M. Miller 1989
4.22
204 ratings
🔄 Corporate Lifecycles📉 Organizational Decline🎭 Leadership Archetypes🏢 Corporate Culture📋 Bureaucracy Critique
Humanocracy
by Gary Hamel • 2020
Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.
4.01
1k+
🧹 Bureaucracy Critique🔄 Self-Management🌐 Decentralized Orgs🚀 Intrapreneurship🧪 Business Experimentation
Humanocracy Summary
Humanocracy 94%
Bureaucracy costs trillions and kills autonomy. The fix: companies run on ownership, not authority.
by Gary Hamel 2020
4.01
1k+ ratings
🧹 Bureaucracy Critique🔄 Self-Management🌐 Decentralized Orgs🚀 Intrapreneurship🧪 Business Experimentation
Surfing the Edge of Chaos
by Richard Tanner Pascale • 2000
Stability kills. The most adaptive companies thrive in a zone just short of chaos.
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136
🔄 Systems Thinking🌀 Complexity Theory🧭 Adaptive Leadership📚 Learning Organizations🌱 Emergence
Surfing the Edge of Chaos Summary
Surfing the Edge of Chaos 94%
Stability kills. The most adaptive companies thrive in a zone just short of chaos.
by Richard Tanner Pascale 2000
3.86
136 ratings
🔄 Systems Thinking🌀 Complexity Theory🧭 Adaptive Leadership📚 Learning Organizations🌱 Emergence
Change
by John P. Kotter • 2021
Two brain systems govern organizational change. Most leaders overuse one and ignore the other.
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365
🔄 Organizational Change🏛️ Organizational Culture👥 Distributed Leadership⚡ Organizational Agility🎯 Strategy Execution
Change Summary
Change 94%
Two brain systems govern organizational change. Most leaders overuse one and ignore the other.
by John P. Kotter 2021
3.71
365 ratings
🔄 Organizational Change🏛️ Organizational Culture👥 Distributed Leadership⚡ Organizational Agility🎯 Strategy Execution
The Art of Critical Decision Making
by Michael A. Roberto • 2009
Data doesn't make decisions. Debate does. The process for designing the right argument in any room.
4.09
573
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics⚔️ Constructive Conflict👥 Team Decision Making🛡️ High Reliability
The Art of Critical Decision Making Summary
The Art of Critical Decision Making 94%
Data doesn't make decisions. Debate does. The process for designing the right argument in any room.
by Michael A. Roberto 2009
4.09
573 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics⚔️ Constructive Conflict👥 Team Decision Making🛡️ High Reliability
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook
by Peter M. • 1994
The practical fieldbook for building a company that learns, adapts, and outpaces change.
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2k+
🏢 Organizational Learning🔄 Systems Thinking🧠 Mental Models♻️ Continuous Improvement🔀 Change Management
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook Summary
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook 94%
The practical fieldbook for building a company that learns, adapts, and outpaces change.
by Peter M. 1994
4.12
2k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Learning🔄 Systems Thinking🧠 Mental Models♻️ Continuous Improvement🔀 Change Management
The Connected Company
by Dave Gray • 2012
When customers network faster than your hierarchy can respond, the answer is small autonomous teams.
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🏗️ Organizational Design🛎️ Service Economy🕸️ Networked Business🎯 Customer-Centric Design🤝 Self-Managing Teams
The Connected Company Summary
The Connected Company 94%
When customers network faster than your hierarchy can respond, the answer is small autonomous teams.
by Dave Gray 2012
4.11
617 ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🛎️ Service Economy🕸️ Networked Business🎯 Customer-Centric Design🤝 Self-Managing Teams
Paradigms
by Joel A. Barker • 1993
Your expertise can blind you: why outsiders see the next big shift while industry leaders miss it.
4.04
171
🏢 Organizational Change💡 Innovation Management🧠 Mental Models🔄 Paradigm Shifts🧩 Cognitive Biases
Paradigms Summary
Paradigms 94%
Your expertise can blind you: why outsiders see the next big shift while industry leaders miss it.
by Joel A. Barker 1993
4.04
171 ratings
🏢 Organizational Change💡 Innovation Management🧠 Mental Models🔄 Paradigm Shifts🧩 Cognitive Biases
Creating Agile Organizations
by Cesario Ramos • 2022
Scrum won't save a bad org chart. The structural redesign that makes agility possible.
4.69
16
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Agile Transformation🧠 Systems Thinking🌊 Flow Optimization👥 Cross-Functional Teams
Creating Agile Organizations Summary
Creating Agile Organizations 94%
Scrum won't save a bad org chart. The structural redesign that makes agility possible.
by Cesario Ramos 2022
4.69
16 ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Agile Transformation🧠 Systems Thinking🌊 Flow Optimization👥 Cross-Functional Teams
Psychology
by Gillian Butler • 1998
What psychology actually knows about how you perceive, remember, think, feel, and influence others.
3.65
1k+
🎓 Introductory Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧬 Nature And Nurture🦎 Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology Summary
Psychology 94%
What psychology actually knows about how you perceive, remember, think, feel, and influence others.
by Gillian Butler 1998
3.65
1k+ ratings
🎓 Introductory Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧬 Nature And Nurture🦎 Evolutionary Psychology
The Org
by Ray Fisman • 2013
Offices exist because markets are expensive. The economic logic behind every meeting and memo.
3.35
385
🏢 Organizational Economics💰 Transaction Costs🎯 Incentive Design🌐 Organizational Culture📊 Organizational Behavior
The Org Summary
The Org 94%
Offices exist because markets are expensive. The economic logic behind every meeting and memo.
by Ray Fisman 2013
3.35
385 ratings
🏢 Organizational Economics💰 Transaction Costs🎯 Incentive Design🌐 Organizational Culture📊 Organizational Behavior
Managing the Unexpected
by Karl E. Weick • 2001
The safest organizations stay safe by acting like disaster is always one small oversight away.
3.78
594
🏭 Organizational Reliability🚨 Crisis Management⚠️ Error Prevention🔗 Systems Thinking🔄 Organizational Resilience
Managing the Unexpected Summary
Managing the Unexpected 94%
The safest organizations stay safe by acting like disaster is always one small oversight away.
by Karl E. Weick 2001
3.78
594 ratings
🏭 Organizational Reliability🚨 Crisis Management⚠️ Error Prevention🔗 Systems Thinking🔄 Organizational Resilience
The Ministry of Common Sense
by Martin Lindstrom • 2020
Bureaucracy killed common sense. The companies that fought back built a department to revive it.
3.63
456
🗄️ Corporate Bureaucracy👥 Customer-Centricity🛡️ Psychological Safety🕒 Meeting Culture⚠️ Organizational Dysfunction
The Ministry of Common Sense Summary
The Ministry of Common Sense 94%
Bureaucracy killed common sense. The companies that fought back built a department to revive it.
by Martin Lindstrom 2020
3.63
456 ratings
🗄️ Corporate Bureaucracy👥 Customer-Centricity🛡️ Psychological Safety🕒 Meeting Culture⚠️ Organizational Dysfunction
The Road Less Stupid
by Keith J. Cunningham • 2017
A thinking discipline that cuts the costly errors most leaders repeat.
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2k+
🗺️ Business Strategy🏢 Organizational Culture⚠️ Risk Management🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Root Cause Analysis
The Road Less Stupid Summary
The Road Less Stupid 94%
A thinking discipline that cuts the costly errors most leaders repeat.
by Keith J. Cunningham 2017
4.32
2k+ ratings
🗺️ Business Strategy🏢 Organizational Culture⚠️ Risk Management🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Root Cause Analysis
Six Simple Rules
by Yves Morieux • 2014
Half of management time is meetings. Most team effort is wasted. Complexity isn't the culprit.
3.93
583
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Systems Thinking🎯 Incentive Design🤝 Cooperation Dynamics⚡ Power Dynamics
Six Simple Rules Summary
Six Simple Rules 94%
Half of management time is meetings. Most team effort is wasted. Complexity isn't the culprit.
by Yves Morieux 2014
3.93
583 ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Systems Thinking🎯 Incentive Design🤝 Cooperation Dynamics⚡ Power Dynamics
One from Many
by Dee Hock • 2000
Visa was built to run itself: no CEO, no headquarters, just competing banks and shared purpose.
4.14
373
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Self-Organizing Systems🧭 Shared Purpose🧠 Systems Thinking👥 Distributed Leadership
One from Many Summary
One from Many 94%
Visa was built to run itself: no CEO, no headquarters, just competing banks and shared purpose.
by Dee Hock 2000
4.14
373 ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Self-Organizing Systems🧭 Shared Purpose🧠 Systems Thinking👥 Distributed Leadership
Loonshots
by Safi Bahcall • 2019
Growing companies kill their best ideas for a structural reason physics discovered a century ago.
4.00
9k+
🏗️ Organizational Design🏢 Corporate Innovation⚖️ Ambidextrous Organizations🎯 Incentive Design🔄 Systems Thinking
Loonshots Summary
Loonshots 94%
Growing companies kill their best ideas for a structural reason physics discovered a century ago.
by Safi Bahcall 2019
4.00
9k+ ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🏢 Corporate Innovation⚖️ Ambidextrous Organizations🎯 Incentive Design🔄 Systems Thinking
Making Better Decisions Using Systems Thinking
by Jaap Schaveling • 2017
Stop fighting fires: the systems-thinking tools that find the root cause and fix it for good.
3.82
11
🔄 Systems Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases🗺️ Decision Frameworks🔍 Root Cause Analysis📚 Organizational Learning
Making Better Decisions Using Systems Thinking Summary
Making Better Decisions Using Systems Thinking 94%
Stop fighting fires: the systems-thinking tools that find the root cause and fix it for good.
by Jaap Schaveling 2017
3.82
11 ratings
🔄 Systems Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases🗺️ Decision Frameworks🔍 Root Cause Analysis📚 Organizational Learning
Wisdom and Management in the Knowledge Economy
by David Rooney • 2010
Knowledge is abundant, but the competitive edge belongs to managers who master practical wisdom.
4.33
3
🦉 Practical Wisdom💼 Knowledge Economy⚖️ Ethical Leadership🧠 Cognitive Diversity❤️ Emotional Intelligence
Wisdom and Management in the Knowledge Economy Summary
Wisdom and Management in the Knowledge Economy 94%
Knowledge is abundant, but the competitive edge belongs to managers who master practical wisdom.
by David Rooney 2010
4.33
3 ratings
🦉 Practical Wisdom💼 Knowledge Economy⚖️ Ethical Leadership🧠 Cognitive Diversity❤️ Emotional Intelligence
The Science of Organizational Change
by Paul Gibbons • 2019
Half of corporate change fails, and the guru-industrial complex is covering up the real reasons.
4.02
87
🏢 Organizational Change💰 Behavioral Economics🤔 Cognitive Biases📊 Evidence-Based Management💥 Management Myths
The Science of Organizational Change Summary
The Science of Organizational Change 93%
Half of corporate change fails, and the guru-industrial complex is covering up the real reasons.
by Paul Gibbons 2019
4.02
87 ratings
🏢 Organizational Change💰 Behavioral Economics🤔 Cognitive Biases📊 Evidence-Based Management💥 Management Myths
Superminds
by Thomas W. Malone • 2018
Genius is a group activity. And computers have just earned their seat at the table.
3.56
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🧠 Collective Intelligence🏗️ Organizational Design🤖 Future Of Work🔄 Systems Thinking🗳️ Group Decision Making
Superminds Summary
Superminds 93%
Genius is a group activity. And computers have just earned their seat at the table.
by Thomas W. Malone 2018
3.56
343 ratings
🧠 Collective Intelligence🏗️ Organizational Design🤖 Future Of Work🔄 Systems Thinking🗳️ Group Decision Making
Gods of Management
by Charles B. Handy • 1986
Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.
3.78
144
🏛️ Organizational Culture📚 Management Theory📋 Bureaucracy Critique🏢 Flat Organizations💼 Gig Economy
Gods of Management Summary
Gods of Management 93%
Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.
by Charles B. Handy 1986
3.78
144 ratings
🏛️ Organizational Culture📚 Management Theory📋 Bureaucracy Critique🏢 Flat Organizations💼 Gig Economy
Birth of the Chaordic Age
by Dee Hock • 2000
VISA thrived by breaking the one rule every corporation obeys: keep chaos out.
4.25
210
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Self-Organization🔗 Systems Thinking🌐 Distributed Leadership🎯 Purpose Driven
Birth of the Chaordic Age Summary
Birth of the Chaordic Age 93%
VISA thrived by breaking the one rule every corporation obeys: keep chaos out.
by Dee Hock 2000
4.25
210 ratings
🏗️ Organizational Design🔄 Self-Organization🔗 Systems Thinking🌐 Distributed Leadership🎯 Purpose Driven
Chief Culture Officer
by Grant McCracken • 2009
Your competitors treat culture like weather. One C-suite role can read it first.
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254
🏢 Business Anthropology🗺️ Cultural Strategy📈 Trend Forecasting🔍 Ethnographic Research📶 Status Signaling
Chief Culture Officer Summary
Chief Culture Officer 93%
Your competitors treat culture like weather. One C-suite role can read it first.
by Grant McCracken 2009
3.76
254 ratings
🏢 Business Anthropology🗺️ Cultural Strategy📈 Trend Forecasting🔍 Ethnographic Research📶 Status Signaling
Collaboration
by Morten T. Hansen • 2009
Most collaboration loses money. A framework for knowing when it actually pays off.
3.81
429
🧱 Organizational Silos🤝 Cross-Functional Teams🕸️ Organizational Networks🎯 Strategic Alignment🫂 Collaborative Leadership
Collaboration Summary
Collaboration 93%
Most collaboration loses money. A framework for knowing when it actually pays off.
by Morten T. Hansen 2009
3.81
429 ratings
🧱 Organizational Silos🤝 Cross-Functional Teams🕸️ Organizational Networks🎯 Strategic Alignment🫂 Collaborative Leadership
Future of Management
by Gary Hamel • 1996
Product innovations get copied. Management innovations endure. Winners reinvent how work is done.
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1k+
🏢 Organizational Design💡 Corporate Innovation🗳️ Democratic Workplaces🧠 Collective Intelligence🔬 Experimentation Culture
Future of Management Summary
Future of Management 93%
Product innovations get copied. Management innovations endure. Winners reinvent how work is done.
by Gary Hamel 1996
4.03
1k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Design💡 Corporate Innovation🗳️ Democratic Workplaces🧠 Collective Intelligence🔬 Experimentation Culture
Zone to Win
by Geoffrey A. Moore • 2015
Large companies lose to disruption from structure, not blindness. The fix: four parallel zones.
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1k+
🏢 Corporate Strategy💡 Innovation Management🏗️ Organizational Design🌪️ Disruption Theory🚀 Intrapreneurship
Zone to Win Summary
Zone to Win 93%
Large companies lose to disruption from structure, not blindness. The fix: four parallel zones.
by Geoffrey A. Moore 2015
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Strategy💡 Innovation Management🏗️ Organizational Design🌪️ Disruption Theory🚀 Intrapreneurship
Mastering Uncertainty
by Matt Watkinson • 2023
Uncertainty isn't a bug, it's a feature. The skillset for turning the unknown into your edge.
3.72
89
🌫️ Uncertainty Management🔄 Adaptive Strategy🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🧱 Failure And Resilience🤝 Social Capital
Mastering Uncertainty Summary
Mastering Uncertainty 93%
Uncertainty isn't a bug, it's a feature. The skillset for turning the unknown into your edge.
by Matt Watkinson 2023
3.72
89 ratings
🌫️ Uncertainty Management🔄 Adaptive Strategy🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🧱 Failure And Resilience🤝 Social Capital
The Leader's Guide to Storytelling
by Stephen Denning • 2005
Eight narrative templates to spark action, build trust, and transfer knowledge on demand.
3.61
405
📖 Business Storytelling💼 Organizational Communication🔄 Change Management🏢 Organizational Culture🧠 Knowledge Management
The Leader's Guide to Storytelling Summary
The Leader's Guide to Storytelling 93%
Eight narrative templates to spark action, build trust, and transfer knowledge on demand.
by Stephen Denning 2005
3.61
405 ratings
📖 Business Storytelling💼 Organizational Communication🔄 Change Management🏢 Organizational Culture🧠 Knowledge Management
Rebel Talent
by Francesca Gino • 2018
Five traits that turn rule-breakers into innovators, and how to develop them without getting fired.
3.70
2k+
🏢 Organizational Behavior💡 Workplace Innovation🏛️ Corporate Culture🎨 Creative Thinking🛡️ Psychological Safety
Rebel Talent Summary
Rebel Talent 93%
Five traits that turn rule-breakers into innovators, and how to develop them without getting fired.
by Francesca Gino 2018
3.70
2k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Behavior💡 Workplace Innovation🏛️ Corporate Culture🎨 Creative Thinking🛡️ Psychological Safety
What You Do Is Who You Are
by Ben Horowitz • 2019
Your culture is what happens when the boss leaves the room. Here's how to design it.
4.00
8k+
🏢 Corporate Culture🚀 Founders🧠 Organizational Behavior🛡️ Psychological Safety🎨 Culture Design
What You Do Is Who You Are Summary
What You Do Is Who You Are 93%
Your culture is what happens when the boss leaves the room. Here's how to design it.
by Ben Horowitz 2019
4.00
8k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Culture🚀 Founders🧠 Organizational Behavior🛡️ Psychological Safety🎨 Culture Design
How Big Things Get Done
by Bent Flyvbjerg • 2023
Big projects fail before shovels hit dirt. A 16,000-project database reveals how to stop it.
4.27
10k+
📋 Project Management🏛️ Infrastructure🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🔮 Forecasting
How Big Things Get Done Summary
How Big Things Get Done 93%
Big projects fail before shovels hit dirt. A 16,000-project database reveals how to stop it.
by Bent Flyvbjerg 2023
4.27
10k+ ratings
📋 Project Management🏛️ Infrastructure🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🔮 Forecasting
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