They’re Your Rules … Break Them!: 50 Ways to smash silos, bust bureaucracy and create a high-performance culture

by Douglas Kruger

‘Rules are not sacrosanct. They are human constructions, imposed upon the world. When these constructions are not useful to us, we can and should transcend them, because results matter more.’ – Douglas KrugerThey’re Your Rules, Break Them! offers 50 innovative ways of looking at your business as a long-term, dynamic, progressive entity. Here you will find 50 ways to ditch the atrophying forces and create an exponentially achieving, high-performance culture in your organisation. Disruption is everywhere. Rather than suffering its blows, what if you could institutionalise it into your business? What if, rather than being rigid and rule-bound, you could make your business ‘ever changing’ within? Some rules help us, but some don’t. Do you know which ones to ditch? And do you know how to create a high-performing, dynamic, learning culture that doesn’t rely on blind bureaucracy? Elon Musk did it with Tesla and Space-X. Pixar does it too. The Israel Defense Forces and US Navy SEALs have been doing it for decades, and their results have been astonishing. In a world of exponential organisations, rule-bound dinosaurs will fall and fade. But you don’t have to. They’re your rules. Break them!

209 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 6, 2017

About the author

Douglas Kruger is an award-winning speaker, and the author of over 16 books, by four publishers, on three continents. His titles cover such topics as wealth, leadership and philosophy. In 2022, he became a novelist with the publication of his debut story, 'The Man Who Never Was.' This was quickly followed up by 'CharacterScan,' and 'House of the Judas Goat.'

Born in South Africa in 1980, he now speaks around the world. In 2016, in honour of excellence on the stage, he was inducted into the 'Speakers Hall of Fame' by his local professional body.

Douglas is a member of Mensa - the High-IQ Society - and holds a degree in Philosophy. His favourite authors include JRR Tolkien, James A Michener, Dean Koontz, Roger Scruton, Thomas Sowell, Frank Peretti, and Orson Scott Card.

Reviews

[Helge Reikerås · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book. We are often restricted by self-imposed rules that don't necessarily make sense and may keep us back. Interesting anecdotes and examples throughout, from Game of Thrones, Israeli startups to Lawrance of Arabia. The book contains 50 of these "rules" that we can break. Negatives are that feels at times that Douglas is speaking mostly to large companies and corporates and I think the topic is relevant to others as well. Also, I think the book could have been half the length without taking anything away from it. But all in all a really good book with practical tips that I'm guaranteed to implement.