The Infinite Game
by Simon Sinek
View on GoodreadsChess and football end with a winner. Business never does, and Simon Sinek, borrowing James Carse's distinction between finite and infinite games, argues that when you lead a company as if it can be won, you wear down the trust, cooperation and innovation it needs to keep going.
Core ideas
- Two kinds of game: Finite games have known players, fixed rules and a clear end, while business, politics and life keep changing and never finish.
- Five practices: Advance a just cause, build trusting teams, study worthy rivals, prepare for existential flexibility and show the courage to lead.
- The price of winning now: Short-term targets push people into ethical fading, and the book faults Milton Friedman's shareholder primacy for steering companies toward short-term profit.
Published2017
Pages251
ISBN9780735213500
ReadAug 2022
