As someone who knows very little about business or improvisational acting, I not only found this book a fascinating read but also saw how these practices are applicable in everyday life. Devin helps readers understand how the decentralisation process works and demonstrates how employees can learn how to participate in decentralisation beneficially. Additionally, the analogies drawn between decentralisation and improvisation provided a more in-depth explanation of how success can be achieved.Devin discusses how hierarchy (something found everywhere in society), is often detrimental both in efficiency and to individual well-being. On the other hand, decentralisation (which distributes decision-making privileges) redefines rewards and success…a different approach to companies and organisations that changed my perspective on how businesses can be organised and my predispositions towards measuring success.As an anthropology student, the history of decentralisation was very interesting to me, especially because it originated in egalitarian hunter-gatherer groups. The increase of hierarchy was especially interesting to me as it aligns with the development of “social complexity” in different societies, including Johnson, Wittfogel, and Carneiro’s hypotheses.In a world of constant population growth, decentralisation may not seem plausible (especially in highly regulated industries and the government). However, Devin lays out a model and principles that will help those in decentralised companies and suggests that the feasibility and popularity of decentralisation will cause it to rise again to an efficiently decentralised world.Overall, an inspiring and educational read that left me excited to see what the future of decentralisation will be!