The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office
TLDR: “Meandering but interesting look at the absurdities of the average organization”
This is a re-read for me. I first read this back in 2013 when it came out. I was on vacation in Turks and Caicos. I remember reading this in a hammock at one point.
This is not a focused book. I’m not going to call it a “meditation,” because it has good information, it’s just not self-help or business advice. It’s just an interesting book about how organizations have evolved.
We talk a lot about how organizations are dysfunctional. But, really, they’re as functional as we want them to be. Humans are not perfectly efficient, so organizations aren’t either.
Really, the book is about the economics of working in an organization. It’s about what happens when you commit to exchanging time for money, rather than being an independent contractor and getting paid for every task.
I enjoyed it back in 2013, and I enjoyed it again now. It’s a pleasant read, and both times I’ve read it, I’ve come away thinking that maybe – just maybe – we’re all doing the best we can.
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