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gadsdenlee's review against another edition
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2 major things I noticed in the first few chapters that led me to stop reading this book.
1. The authors seem to totally ignore the fact that correlation doesn't equal causation. This book is rife with anecdotes masquerading as facts. Just about every example given of a trait of great teams could simply be something these teams succeeded 'despite of' rather than 'because of'.
It's possible that they get into more detail later on that equalized out this problem, but that's OK, because...
2. I still wouldn't pick it up again because it is book focused on a "3" culture. In my opinion, the best modern book on business leadership is "Tribal Leadership" by Logan & King. In this book they explain 5 levels of tribes (teams). Levels 1 & 2 are basically failing or growth levels. 3 is your standard "successful" business or group. But 4 & 5 is what you really want to shoot for.
Most business books, including "Organizing Genius", are aimed at building up a 3 culture.
The key passage in this book that confirmed it for me was "every great team is organized around defeating an enemy". This is true in a 3 culture. But 4 & 5 motivate by being great, or possibly by beating their own past performance. A good modern example is zappos.com
For that reason I put "Organizing Genius" down and would not recommend it to others.
1. The authors seem to totally ignore the fact that correlation doesn't equal causation. This book is rife with anecdotes masquerading as facts. Just about every example given of a trait of great teams could simply be something these teams succeeded 'despite of' rather than 'because of'.
It's possible that they get into more detail later on that equalized out this problem, but that's OK, because...
2. I still wouldn't pick it up again because it is book focused on a "3" culture. In my opinion, the best modern book on business leadership is "Tribal Leadership" by Logan & King. In this book they explain 5 levels of tribes (teams). Levels 1 & 2 are basically failing or growth levels. 3 is your standard "successful" business or group. But 4 & 5 is what you really want to shoot for.
Most business books, including "Organizing Genius", are aimed at building up a 3 culture.
The key passage in this book that confirmed it for me was "every great team is organized around defeating an enemy". This is true in a 3 culture. But 4 & 5 motivate by being great, or possibly by beating their own past performance. A good modern example is zappos.com
For that reason I put "Organizing Genius" down and would not recommend it to others.