Wikinomics and Starfish

Being even more intrigued by the HBR IdeaCast I mentioned in the previous post, I ordered Wikinomics from the net. It started off interestingly describing how a very traditional and secretive industry, mining, has used mass collaboration to find gold in old mines. I’m all for this and believe companies can do a lot more in this area – it’s just a matter of will and vision. Wikinomics has a website where they continue the discussion.

I also found another interesting book called Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations. It’s sort of on the same lines as Wikinomics but more from the managerial point of view. I’ll post some reviews once I’m done.