Karaoke Capitalism : Management for Mankind

by Ridderstrale, Jonas; NORDSTROM, KJELL A.

• ISBN13: 9780273687474
• ISBN10: 0273687476
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-31
• Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Pubns

Summary

"If you loved Funky Business as much as I did, you'll love Karaoke Capitalism. Weird? Most certainly. Different? Most definitely. But, if you want to re-imagine your organization and your career it's a thought-provoking place to start." Tom Peters The creators will thrive at the expense of the copycats. Express yourself. In the long-awaited follow up to their internationally acclaimedFunky Business,Kjell Nordstrom and Jonas RidderstrSlehave delivered a thought-provoking, workout for the wits inKaraoke Capitalism.A book that challenges individuals, businesses and nations to create originals rather than cover versions. Management guru Tom Peters said "If you lovedFunky Businessas much as I did, you?ll loveKaraoke Capitalism." The karaoke economy is dominated by individuals with endless choice. The trouble for business is that the karaoke club is also home to institutionalized imitation. Copy-cats abound. Only imagination and innovation place societies, organizations and individuals center-stage. Karaoke Capitalismis a call to arms. Kjell and Jonas are rebels with a cause. With their unorthodox combination of academic rigor, forceful logic and funky free-thinking they once again re-write the rules for revolutionaries. This is a true work-out for the wits. The book teaches us how to successfully compete on competencies, create capitalism with character, and how to have a great life while also making a living. It is required reading for all those wanting to be a first-rate version of themselves rather than a second-rate version of someone else. Karaoke Capitalism - create or cover? Karaoke Capitalismis a hitchhiker?s guide to the galaxies of business. and practice is that business schools, benchmarking and best practice have transformed the entire world of commerce into a super-group of karaoke copying companies. And imitating someone else will never get you to the top ? merely to the middle. Our societies are shaped by the glorious trio of technologies, institutions and galaxies of commerce. It is a book about people ? management for mankind ? the individuals prepared to grasp the microphone and express themselves. You have the rights. Now, you must learn to live them. The karaoke reality is a cosmopolitan club with endless individual choice but also a paltry place for institutionalized imitation. The dirty little secret of management theory values. Changes have now made abnormal the new normal. The bubble economy has given way to the double economy. Forget about appealing to the average. Success is a question of exploring the extremes. Corporations are no longer in control. Modern companies are facing the prospects of a two-front war: held hostage by talent and under siege by consumers. The winners know that wealth is created with wisdom, but to remain competitive they are forced to create knowledge networks that pose new and fundamentally different demands on the organization. In a world of economic Darwinism, survival is a question of being fit or sexy ? competing on models and moods. Fitness boils down to using market imperfections to your advantage. Masters of mood exploit the imperfections of man by seducing or sedating consumer. Excellent companies re-invent innovation and re-energize the corporation. To develop the character of cap

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1 Endless solos	1	(18)
The music of choice	3	(3)
Welcome to the age of the individual	6	(2)
You choose	8	(2)
Skills, thrills and greenbacks	10	(3)
Capitalism karaoke style	13	(6)
2 Freed by robots	19	(14)
The individual and the machine	21	(1)
U=ATCG	22	(3)
New Net U	25	(3)
Transparency triggers talent	28	(5)
3 Changing the rules	33	(16)
Who to turn to?	35	(1)
Emptying the temple	36	(2)
Tearing down the tower	38	(2)
Turning to the town square	40	(1)
Bowling alone	41	(3)
A gay bohemian rhapsody	44	(1)
Outlaws in a world without laws	45	(4)
4 Material boys and girls	49	(12)
The meaning of lite	51	(4)
Tribes 'r us	55	(3)
Tracking the tribe	58	(3)
5 The age of abnormality	61	(18)
The double economy	63	(2)
Split vision	65	(3)
Crime and punishment	68	(1)
Division of labor	69	(2)
Graft and grief	71	(3)
Burn!	74	(2)
Hangovers, jet-lag and insomnia	76	(3)
6 Talent takes over	79	(20)
Street smarts rule	81	(1)
Held hostage by talent	82	(4)
To those who have shall be given	86	(3)
The revolting elite	89	(4)
Self-selection and self-deception	93	(3)
(R)evolution takes time	96	(3)
7 Customer in charge	99	(14)
The iron-laws of information	101	(3)
Imperfect world; perfect markets	104	(4)
My way	108	(2)
Under siege by customers	110	(3)
8 Capitalists are crying	113	(10)
Bubbles burst	115	(3)
Profit enemy No. 1	118	(1)
The two-front war	119	(4)
9 Webs of wisdom	123	(22)
The autopsy and the matrix	125	(3)
The new knowledge landscape	128	(3)
Rocking all over the world	131	(3)
Putting two and two together	134	(1)
The brain bomb explodes	135	(1)
Beating the best before date	136	(2)
The Lego principles	138	(3)
Dead or alive	141	(4)
10 Innovation Inc	145	(42)
Talent is strange	147	(1)
Tall stories	148	(3)
Transfusing talent	151	(3)
Teaming up by splitting up	154	(2)
Kissing frogs	156	(1)
It's a boy-girl thing	157	(4)
Thrills at the fringe	161	(1)
Pass the map	162	(2)
The big idea	164	(2)
Hire attitude	166	(3)
Give me one good reason	169	(2)
Dedicated to dialogue	171	(3)
Talk talk	174	(2)
Push me, pull you	176	(2)
The rules of creation	178	(2)
Experiment or extinct	180	(2)
Masters of mistakes	182	(3)
Inside the temple of trust	185	(2)
11 The holy grail of business	187	(16)
Moonwalking monopolies	189	(2)
Sure Thing Inc.	191	(5)
Monopolies of the future	196	(2)
Fit and sexy	198	(5)
12 Models with minds	203	(22)
Models Inc.	205	(2)
The make-up of models	207	(1)
The making of models	208	(2)
Mastering the model	210	(6)
Fuzzy logic	216	(3)
The glorious anatomy of super-models	219	(2)
Fit for the future	221	(4)
13 Moods that matter	225	(26)
Moods Inc.	227	(2)
E(motional)-business	229	(2)
Sinovation	231	(3)
The 7S-moods	234	(6)
Heaven & hell	240	(1)
Create a brand or be banned	241	(4)
Design an experience or expire	245	(6)
14 Managing moody models	251	(20)
Roulette time	253	(1)
Reinventing innovation	254	(3)
Re-energizing the corporation	257	(3)
The 10 commandments of karaoke leadership	260	(11)
15 Breaking free from karaoke	271	(26)
The real world	273	(1)
Free to choose or lose	274	(4)
The egos have landed	278	(1)
On towers, temples & town squares	279	(4)
A fist full of dollars	283	(4)
Efficiency & empathy unite	287	(3)
Getting real	290	(7)
Notes	297	(14)
Photo credits	311