Mitch joined a book club where we read a business book every month. In February 2021 we are reading Team of Teams. The book is much better than I thought it would be and has some very strong scholarship that adds enormous heft to the concepts presented.
Teams are effective because they trust each other and they have a shared purpose. This is what the author calls "shared consciousness." The author noticed, while losing his military conflict against a popular insurgency, that his enemies were distributed and united in their purpose, such that the usual "decapitation" attacks or systematic roll-up tactics of anti-insurgency were all failing. In order to combat and defeat this "network of networks," he organized all of his forces identically, enabling and empowering his personnel to accomplish their mission. The lessons and concepts are extremely valuable in many contexts . 4/5 Stars.
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