This article was originally published on August 6th, 2009 at the RockStar Success Library. And decentralized organizations continue to multiply! The Starfish and the Spider is very obviously a love story. In mapping out how decentralized organizations have evolved, Ori and Rod take great pains to show how the decentralized organization (DO) is nimbler, faster, and more efficient than the lumbering oaf that is the centralized organization. They point out how new technologies (especially in communication) allow the DO to be much more robust and powerful by creating flexibility and adaptability. They submit that decentralized … [Read more...]