As commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), General Stanley McChrystal discarded a century of management wisdom and pivoted from a pursuit of mechanical efficiency to organic adaptability. He shows how any organization can make the same transition to act like a team of teams--where small groups combine the freedom to experiment with a relentless drive to share their experience.

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Introduction -- The Proteus problem: Sons of Proteus ; Clockwork ; From complicated to complex ; Doing the right thing -- From many, one: From command to team ; Team of teams -- Sharing: Seeing the system ; Brains out of the footlocker ; Beating the prisoner's dilemma -- Letting go: Hands off ; Leading like a gardener -- Looking ahead: Symmetries.