

The Chaos Imperative
How Chance and Disruption Increase Innovation, Effectiveness, and Success
Author: Ori Brafman, Judah Pollack
Narrator: Drew Birdseye
Unabridged: 4 hr 28 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 08/13/2013
Categories: Nonfiction, Business & Economics
Synopsis
In The Chaos Imperative organizational thinker and bestselling author Ori Brafman and management consultant Judah Pollack dramatically demonstrate how even the best and most efficient organizations—from Fortune 500 companies to today’s US Army—can become more innovative by allowing a little unstructured space and “contained chaos” into their planning and decision-making.
Through their consulting work, they realized that while structure and hierarchy are essential both in large corporations and small groups, too much of either can stifle creativity.
Weaving together stories and case studies with insights from areas as far-reaching as neuroscience, medieval history, and video gaming, Brafman and Pollack reveal how creating pockets of chaos within organizations can inspire the creative leaps that lead to new growth.