Team of Teams
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Team of Teams
General Stanley McChrystal
7 people recommended it in 4 threads, 2016–2022.
What people on Hacker News said
Fundamentally about being agile, adaptable, transparent, collaborative and decentralised. You could say it's about digital transformation but on a military scale.
Team of Teams is a great intro to leadership for tech. General Chrystal identifies the distinction between complicated and complex areas and shows best practices for dealing with complexity (it's not just a semantic argument but actually something substantial, where tech leaders generally deal with complex problems and not complicated problems).
It blew my mind when I read it a year ago at how relevant it is to working in tech, and was a fascinating read in improving how folks make decisions in complex environments.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: Best book / resources on leadership, especially for tech teams? 2019 · 4 recommendations
- Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022? 2022 · 1 recommendation
- Military Reading List 2017 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What book did you read in 2016 that was so good you gifted it to others? 2016 · 1 recommendation