Whether in the mil­i­tary, in cor­po­rate Amer­i­ca, or in our per­son­al lives, we tend to con­front chaos as if it were an unruly beast — some­thing that needs to be reined in or avoid­ed at all costs. But what if there is anoth­er side to chaos — a ben­e­fit? What if it is actu­al­ly cru­cial for inspir­ing indus­try inno­va­tion and dis­rup­tion? That is exact­ly what orga­ni­za­tion­al expert and best­selling author Ori Braf­man argues in The Chaos Imper­a­tive: How Chance and Dis­rup­tion Increase Inno­va­tion, Effec­tive­ness, and Suc­cess. Writ­ten with Judah Pol­lack, this book reveals how even the best and most effi­cient orga­ni­za­tions can embrace new ideas by allow­ing a lit­tle unstruc­tured space and ​“con­tained chaos” into their plan­ning and decision-making.