i've been thinking about leadership lately.
which is why this book recommendation from worship tricks blogger jonny baker caught my eye:
he says:
alan hirsch recommended the starfish and the spider: the unstoppable power of leaderless organisations to me. it is a wonderful book!
if you cut off a spider's head it dies, if you cut off a starfish's
leg it grows a new one and both parts then become starfish. traditional
top down organisations are like spiders but particularly with the
advent of the internet starfish organisations are all around. a classic
example of a starfish would be AA alcoholics anonymous - driven by a
simple ideology/vision of addicts helping one another and the 12 step
programme, AA groups meet all over the world and yet there is very
little centre, very little control other than the core vision. if you
become a member you are a leader. anyone can start a group.
the introduction and the first chapter are on the web site.
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