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Become an Octopus Organization

The octopus is built for adaptability. Each of its eight arms can sense, decide, and act on its own, while the whole animal still moves as one.

 

The Octopus Organization is the guide to creating that capability inside your company. Drawing on the authors’ experience at Amazon, McDonald’s, and hundreds of global companies, the book maps the conditioned habits keeping organizations stuck, and the practical levers that move them in months, not years.

The Octopus Organization: A Guide to Thriving in a World of Continuous Transformation
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