The Chaos Imperative, Ori Brafman
The Chaos Imperative, Ori Brafman
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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

Published: 08/13/2013


Synopsis

People and organizations tend to approach chaos as if it were an unruly beast—something that needs to be reined in, or avoided at all costs. But what if there's a benefit to chaos? What if it's actually crucial for inspiring industry innovation?

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joseph on May 14, 2015

I received this book as part of a Goodreads giveaway and was delighted with its concise, well-structured narrative that provides excellent examples in support of its main points. For example, Brafman believes that by introducing controlled chaos, whereby we have the opportunity to think instead of h......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on October 17, 2015

Incredible read to consider what I call "graduate level" application of leadership into a military (and civilian) organization. The principles and supporting stories layout the vision clearly. As a professional, it is then up to us to consider "how do I apply this to my team?" Having now finished th......more

Goodreads review by Justin on April 14, 2023

I remember coming across this book several years ago, but it was good to read it with the distance of a decade since it was published. I think perhaps the most interesting element of this book is the unlikely collaboration between Ori Barfman and the U.S. Army's General Martin Dempsey. General Demps......more

Goodreads review by Shhhhh on January 28, 2018

Excellent. I read a lot of books of this sort. I like to think of them as Tim Ferris information in a Seth Godin package. This one, however, seems to be rather exceptionally fluff-free (along the same amount of information density as a book like Essentialism). A lot of validation here for me persona......more

Goodreads review by Tõnu on November 04, 2016

Finally found a book discussing the Israeli saying "in Chaos there is opportunity", this thesis cannot be more true and has a central place in my everyday work life. [from Shonna Froebel's review from 10.2016] There are several elements than can bring controlled chaos into an organization. One is crea......more