RE: Action

Someone learning in leadership comes by exercising leadership. And some knowledge is by reading books. My university education has been good to me at that point and I'm glad theoretical books. Within the leadership, I will always recommend a piece of classical literature. Niccolo Machiavelli : The Prince.

But it may be too theoretical in the sense that in practice it is not as good an idea as it sounds.

Henriette Weber was last year a good idea to publish "Why all companies should be rock bands" at Toothless Tiger Press , after people had responded positively to a speech she had stopped at Shift08 in Lisbon.
The idea is really good enough. We're going out of the box and see the cooperation we have in a "business" in another context. I agree that it will improve our "business".

Henriette begins by mentioning that rock band is a metaphor for "sejhedsfølelsen". It's about being cool and popular. She then 7 musical lessons.

1. Why have a 9-5 job? And similar to if you feel and act like a rock star, you see differently, positively on itself.
2. The drummer is not the same as bassist. Which means that we must do what we do best, and let others do what they are good at.
3. That we do not have to be like Bono to do something good.
4. Rock Bands is about more than business. We not only work to earn money, we also make music.
5. A list of suggestions to get started with being rock bands. I think it's very fun to ask the question: what would a rock band do (a la Jeff Jarvis : "What Would Google Do?").
6. Return on Involvement is about the amount of it to get involved, influence the amount of the other involving the back.
7. We must change ourselves - right now because of the financial crisis.

The premise is that everyone will be in a rock band and that we must live out our childhood dreams. As mentioned in previous blog posts " (Don 'with) to manage your business as a rock'n'roll band "that the premise is problematic. We will not all be in a rock band and rock band metaphor includes some issues that neither Henriette Weber, Peter Cook and others have yet addressed. The metaphor is used creatively to highlight positive opportunities. But to build an organization on something as unstable as a rock band does headless romantic in me.

Henriette Weber 7 lessons may give pause for thought and inspiration for everyday life. But I think because metaphor force: this concrete as well as metaphors in general.

It sounds funny, but I will not enjoy anything. Music analogy is otherwise obvious. Orchestras with stable bureaucracies, sheet music, focus on the group and the conductor as the centralized managed. Free jazz is composed of organic structures is on the edge of chaos, self-managed and focused on the individual. Rock n roll is made up of both music and improvisation, both group and individual is required and management is distributed.

Peter Cook wrote in 2006 "Sex, Leadership and Rock n Roll" . In the book he explains leadership through song titles, and describes the business organization and dynamics by comparing the context of a rock band. The book is written in three chapters. The section on sex is all about teamwork and to build relationships internally and externally. The section on drugs is about motivation. And Rock n roll section about reaching and maintaining high productivity.

Come together: When something good happens to work, make sour you all experience the joy of text simultaneously.

It is possible that the book explains leadership in other words than the traditional management books. Playing and learning go hand and hand in this book. But if the book (also) be understood literally, then it is a radical statement.

Well Pat, you've done well on "Rock'n 'Roll this year, but you need two workshops on" Sex "next year. The two options help you are: Self-abuse [distance learning MBA], group sex [in-house training course], and cross-dressing [job rotation]. Which best fits your learning style and aspiration?

The tone is fresh, but it is not to create a creative environment. It is using its employees as guinea pigs and basically take the piss out of them. To continue the analogy, there are a lot of amateur musicians and few stars. Is that Peter Cook had thought it would be in business cultures?

Nothing compares 2 U: Make your offering unique and hard to copy.

The book could usefully have been written as a feature article. Music analogy is interesting, creative and possible. øjneåbnene part while such terms, like the rest is already here.

Website: http://www.academy-of-rock.co.uk/
Reviews on Amazon .
Article from Institute for Futures Studies (04 / 2007).