Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

"Hard fought lessons created a new model" according to Jason C. Howk. Team of Teams offers insights into the modern practice of leadership and management required to navigate and succeed in this complex world. The book is not a military history, but instead a concise and exceptionally “fun to read” collection of in. A must read for leaders of health care organizations I am writing this review from the perspective of a surgeon in an administrative leadership role at a large health system in the Midwest. I have no military background but found the details of military operations in Iraq riveting. The book is extremely well-w. Ayesha Khanna said Outstanding and cross-cutting insights into a complex world. No man better knows the meaning of the phrase “It takes a network to defeat a network” than Gen. Stan McChrystal. This book applies his new and successfully tested insights from counter-insurgency to a wide range of organizational problems—

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. To defeat such an agile enemy, JSOC had to change its focus from efficiency to adaptability. Those cells wreaked havoc by always staying one step ahead, sharing knowledge with each other via high-tech communications. 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. The retired four-star general and best-selling author of My Sh