About The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results
In this “handbook for disruptors” (Eric Schmidt), The Geek Way reveals a new way to get big things done. It will change the way you think about work, teams, projects, and culture, and give you the insight and tools you need to harness our human superpowers of learning and cooperation. What is “being geeky?” It’s being a perennially curious person, one who’s not afraid to tackle hard problems and embrace unconventional solutions. McAfee shows how the geeks have created a new culture based around four science, ownership, speed, and openness. The geek way seems odd at first. It’s not deferential to experts, fond of planning and process, afraid of mistakes, or obsessed with “winning.” But it explains everything from why Montessori babies turn out to be creative tinkerers to how newcomers are disrupting industry after industry (and still just getting started).
When all four norms are in place, a culture emerges that is freewheeling, fast-moving, egalitarian, evidence-driven, argumentative, and autonomous. Why does the geek way work so much better? McAfee provides an original because it taps into humanity’s superpower, which is our ability to cooperate intensely and learn rapidly. By providing insights from the young discipline of cultural evolution, McAfee shows that when we come together under the right conditions, we quickly figure out how to build reusable spaceships and self-correcting organizations. Under the wrong conditions, though, we create bureaucracy, chronic delays, cultures of silence, and the other classic dysfunctions of the Industrial Era.
Mixing cutting-edge science, history, analysis, and stories that show the geek way in action, McAfee offers a new way to see the world and empowering tools for seizing the big opportunities of today and tomorrow.
- Complete Title: The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results
- Format: Hardcover
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 336
- Publication Time: November 14, 2023
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- ISBN: 0316436704
- ISBN13: 9780316436700
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Reviews The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Results
Scott Ward
McAfee, an author of many tech books, now puts the culture of successful companies in front of us. He asserts that the culture of speed, openness and other elements provide the medium for growth. He p…
Chris Tamez
This book drones on about evolution a little bit more than I would have liked. Otherwise, I really enjoyed the commentary on geeky companies and how they are achieving such great success…
Marc Sabatier
Cute book, but too BS-heavy. A fun collection of Silicon Valley anecdotes and macro-economic trends. Some are informative. Some are a bit tiring. I think Jeff Bz is quoted 40 times throughout the book…
Nilendu Misra
von Stauffenberg Principle: any bureaucratic entity of forty or more people can stay busy ten hours a day, six days a week, with no inputs and no outputs.What an amazing insight…
Rafael Ramirez
Lectura obligada para todos los directores de empresa que quieran ser exitosos en la era de la economía digital que estamos viviendo, especialmente aquellos que encabezan empresas que no serían cons…
Tom Evans
‘The Geek Way’ by Andrew McAfee has a simple premise that many could follow – tech companies have a structure and freedom that has allowed rapid growth and innovation while older companies set i…
Andrew Hill
‘These books underline that openness, challenge, experimentation and intelligent failure provide a solid launch pad for sensible risk-taking. It is no coincidence that these are also the principles…
Jeremiah
Very good. Talks about the more democratic corporate structure of “geek” businesses. Emphasizes obsession for results, empirical data, openness, ownership, execution, and science. It focuses on re…
Racer_rajesh
Excellent book, Working in Industrial Era companies for more than 2decades, i could relate many thing mentioned in the book. Converting Industrial Era company to Geek company is difficult, but possibl…