One Mission

Former Navy SEAL Chris Fussell, who wrote Team of Teams with retired General Stanley McChrystal, turns its model into a practical guide written with C. W. Goodyear. The model joins the agility and cohesion of a small team to the resources of a giant organization. The target is teams stuck in silos, chasing their own metrics under autocratic structures that give stability but fail when constant adaptation is needed. Drawing on military and corporate experience, Fussell sets out the steps of the transition: strategic alignment, an operating rhythm of regular catch-ups and feedback, hybrid decision-making, and a shift in leadership behaviour that begins with the leader. Examples range from Intuit and Under Armour to a government agency in Oklahoma.

Doug McMillon included it in a Facebook post listing some of his favorite reads from 2017.