The Starfish and The Spider is a must-read for anyone interested in learning about unconventional yet highly successful organizations. The unique and distinctive feature of the book is the comparison of starfish and spider organizations- where spider organizations are centralized and hierarchical, starfish organizations are decentralized and operate with a flat structure. The authors use real-life examples to reveal the power of leaderless organizations and demonstrate that they can be highly effective in achieving success.

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If you cut off a spider's head, it dies; if you cut off a starfish's leg it grows a new one, and that leg can grow into an entirely new starfish. Traditional top-down organizations are like spiders, but now starfish organizations are changing the face of business and the world.What's the hidden power behind the success of Wikipedia, craigslist, and Skype? What do eBay and General Electric have in common with the abolitionist and women's rights movements? What fundamental choice put General Motors and Toyota on vastly different paths?Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom have discovered some unexpected answers, gripping stories, and a tapestry of unlikely connections. The Starfish and the Spider explores what happens when starfish take on spiders and reveals how established companies and institutions, from IBM to Intuit to the U.S. government, are also learning how to incorporate starfish principles to achieve success.

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