Brafman Starfish's guest appearances

Brafman Starfish

PoppingTheBubbl

John Butler

John Singleton

Neil Cohen

Brian Solis

Matias Viel

Arvind Gupta

Dalia Asterbadi

Sarah Kunst

Krystal Lauk

Miko Matsumura

Jeremiah Owyang

Mark Anderson

Elissa Shevinsky

Micha Benoliel

Matt Quinn

OwlTail

Ori Brafman

We recently had the opportunity to speak with Ori Brafman author of The Starfish and the Spider and lecturer at UC Berkeley’s business school.  The book has been a big influence on the new wave of blockchain businesses inspired by the unique differentiators a decentralized organizational structure can offer. The name of the Starfish Mission, where we recorded our conversation is even inspired by his book, which is a collaborative workspace for SF based companies in the blockchain space. When Ori wrote The Starfish and The Spider in 2006, he wrote it as a metaphor for business decentralization, meaning an organization without a top-down structure. If you liken a traditional corporate structure to a spider, if the head is chopped off - the organization like a spider will die. A starfish, however (or decentralized organization) does not die if one of its arms is chopped off, as it has no head and can regenerate, its arm will simply grow back.

<p>We recently had the opportunity to speak with <a>Ori Brafman</a> author of <a>The Starfish and the Spider</a> and lecturer at UC Berkeley’s business school.  The book has been a big influence on the new wave of blockchain businesses inspired by the unique differentiators a decentralized organizational structure can offer. The name of the <a>Starfish Mission</a>, where we recorded our conversation is even inspired by his book, which is a collaborative workspace for SF based companies in the blockchain space.</p> <p>When Ori wrote The Starfish and The Spider in 2006, he wrote it as a metaphor for business decentralization, meaning an organization without a top-down structure. If you liken a traditional corporate structure to a spider, if the head is chopped off - the organization like a spider will die. A starfish, however (or decentralized organization) does not die if one of its arms is chopped off, as it has no head and can regenerate, its arm will simply grow back.</p>

Ori Brafman Starfish and the Spider