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Team of Teams

New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

Lead a network, not a machine, in a fast world.

by General Stanley McChrystal with Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell

McChrystal recounts how his task force in Iraq defeated a nimble enemy by abandoning rigid command structures for a flexible, networked team of teams. He blends military experience with lessons from business and science to show how transparency and decentralized decision-making create adaptability. The book argues that resilience beats efficiency in complex, fast-changing environments.

Startups operate in exactly the kind of uncertain, fast-moving conditions McChrystal describes, where centralized control becomes a bottleneck. Founders learn how to push decisions to the edges while keeping everyone aligned through shared context.

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