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.

Foreword by Walter Isaacson. U.S. Army Chief of Staff's Professional reading list, 2017. USMC Commandant's Professional Reading List 2021 -- CWO3, CWO4, MAJ, LTCOL, MSGT, 1STSGT, MGYSGT, SGTMAJ. Military Reading List: Army 2017. The U.S. Army Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List 2017

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.