The Infinite Game
Business as a game with no finish line, built on James Carse's idea
Football has a score and a final whistle. Business, politics and life do not, and Sinek argues that running them like finite games is what burns organizations down chasing quarterly wins. The frame comes from James Carse's Finite and Infinite Games. Sinek adds five practices to it: a Just Cause, trusting teams, a worthy rival, existential flexibility and the courage to lead. Those five are the working part. Everything else argues by example.
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Sinek takes James Carse's finite and infinite games and applies the split to business. Football or chess has known players, fixed rules and a clear endpoint. Business, politics and life have none of the three, which is the case his site makes for the book.
Source: simonsinek.com: The Infinite Game
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