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Re:Ask HN: Best book / resources on leadership, especially f... by ghaff on Thursday December 05, 2019 @03:55PM (#21716377)
See for example Team of Teams by General Chrystal--which is also a good book about organization/business generally.
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Re:Ask HN: Best book / resources on leadership, especially f... by viscanti on Thursday December 05, 2019 @05:00PM (#21717096)
+1. Team of Teams is a great intro to leadership for tech. General Chrystal identifies the distinction between complicated and complex areas and shows best practices for dealing with complexity (it's not just a semantic argument but actually something substantial, where tech leaders generally deal with complex problems and not complicated problems).
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Re:Ask HN: Best book / resources on leadership, especially f... by darkerside on Thursday December 05, 2019 @08:07PM (#21718428)
Is it an easily communicated difference?
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Re:Ask HN: Best book / resources on leadership, especially f... by ghaff on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:53PM (#21719153)
Yes. Complicated means lots of moving pieces but predictable. Complex means lots of components that are far less predictable.

https://thearmyleader.co.uk/team-of-teams/

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