Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal

Title: Team of Teams
Author: General Stanley McChrystal
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: March 13, 2016
When was the book published: 2015
Main Characters:  The teams that had the highest levels of internal engagement and external exploration had much higher levels of creative output.

He collected a billion measurements in one month and found that engagement was the central predictor of productivity, exceeding individual intelligence, personality and skill.  (p 196)

end of chapter 10
Effective adaptation to emerging  threats and opportunities requires the disciplined practice of empowered execution.  Individuals and teams closes to the problem, armed with unprecedented levels of insights from across the network, offer the best ability to decide and act decisively.

Complexity vs Complicated...page 74
Complexity produces a fundamentally different situation from the complicated challenges of the past;  complicated problems requriec great effort, but ultimately yielded to prediction.  Complexity means that, in spite of our increased abilities to track and measure, the world has become, in many ways, vastly less predictable.

What happens?
How long was this?250 pages
Did I like this? good business book
Overall grade: B+

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