Authors:Ori Brafman, Rod A. Beckstrom,
Publisher: Portfolio Trade
Keywords: leaderless, organizations, power, unstoppable, spider, starfish
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-07-29
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 1591841836
ISBN-13: 9781591841838

If you cut off a spider’s head, it dies; if you cut off a starfish’s leg it grows a new one, and that leg can grow into an entirely new starfish. Traditional top-down organizations are like spiders, but now starfish organizations are changing the face of business and the world. What’s the hidden power behind the success of Wikipedia, craigslist, and Skype? What do eBay and General Electric have in common with the abolitionist and women’s rights movements? What fundamental choice put General Motors and Toyota on vastly different paths? Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom have discovered som

Authors:Ori Brafman, Rod A. Beckstrom,
Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover
Keywords: leaderless, organizations, power, unstoppable, spider, starfish
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-10-05
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1591841437
ISBN-13: 9781591841432

Understanding the amazing force that links some of today’s most successful companies If you cut off a spider’s leg, it’s crippled; if you cut off its head, it dies. But if you cut off a starfish’s leg it grows a new one, and the old leg can grow into an entirely new starfish. What’s the hidden power behind the success of Wikipedia, craigslist, and Skype? What do eBay and General Electric have in common with the abolitionist and women’s rights movements? What fundamental choice put General Motors and Toyota on vastly different paths? How could winning a

Authors:The National Gardening Association, Bob Beckstrom, K
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, one, gardening
Number of Pages: 744
Published: 2003-02-28
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0764525557
ISBN-13: 9780764525551

Seven books in one deliver the dirt on gardening success Your one-stop guide to a beautiful garden – no experience required! Puzzled by pruning? Anguishing over landscaping? Can’t tell a hosta from a hyacinth? Don’t worry! This all-in-one reference delivers all the know-how you need to transform an ordinary backyard into a glorious garden. Drawing on the expertise of the National Gardening Association, this garden primer shows you how to have fun playing in the dirt – and start smelling the roses. The Dummies Way Coverage of the essentials and beyond Expl

Authors:Phillip Giroux, Bob Beckstrom, Lance Walheim, The Edi
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, landscaping
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 1999-01-27
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0764551280
ISBN-13: 9780764551284

A beautiful landscape reflects well on your house, making it a  welcome part of a  neighborhood or native terrain. And it  dramatically increases your home’s value. Landscaping also makes your house and yard more useful and better able to complement your family’s lifestyle. Trees shade your home to reduce energy use. Thorny shrubs deter prowlers. Lawns reduce dust from bare ground and give children the perfect play area. Patios and decks are great for entertaining. And a vegetable garden can yield fresh, delicious salads to eat on that patio or deck. Landscaping for Dummies has e