Book · 2015 · Business & Economics
Team of Teams
New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
Why people recommend it
Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal, David Silverman, Tantum Collins, and Chris Fussell is a management and leadership book that advocates for decentralized organizational structures capable of responding to rapidly changing environments. On the podcast The Shawn Ryan Show in an episode titled #261 Tobi Lütke - CEO of Shopify: How Shopify Became a Cheat Code for Entreprene released on December 11, 2025, Tobi Lütke cited the volume while explaining the origins of his company's operational philosophy. Tobi Lütke explained that Shopify's internal approach was largely inspired by military strategies found in the publication by General Stanley McChrystal, calling it an excellent read. Specifically, the executive noted how the concepts helped guide them in building an internal system focused on asynchronous and distributed communication. The recommendation illustrated how military leadership principles could be adapted successfully to modern corporate environments, enabling large tech companies to maintain agility, autonomy, and cross-functional coordination across distributed teams without falling into rigid bureaucratic hierarchies.
Who recommended it
- Tobi Lütke Recommended
Tobi Lütke — 1 mention
“in fact, that was largely inspired by um military actually. um a book called um team of teams by uh General Mcrist um excellent excellent read anyway so we built a internal system that's s of asynchronous distributed”