Everything I know about business I learned from the Grateful Dead : the ten most innovative lessons from a long, strange trip / Barry Barnes ; with a foreword by John Perry Barlow.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-210) and index.
Contents
Lesson 1. Master strategic improvisation : how the Dead learned to plan and act at the same time -- Lesson 2. Live your values : how the Dead did well by doing good -- Lesson 3. Be kind to your customers : how the Dead offered superior value -- Lesson 4. Share your content : how the Dead exploited the power of 'free' -- Lesson 5. Create a business tribe : how the Dead collaborated with the Deadheads -- Lesson 6. Insource : how the Dead learned do-it-yourself business -- Lesson 7. Innovate constantly : how the Dead stayed on the cutting edge -- Lesson 8. Transform through leadership : how Jerry Garcia inspired greatness in the Dead -- Lesson 9. Share the power : how the Dead encouraged employees to lead -- Lesson 10. Exploit the experience economy : how the Dead kept it real.
Summary
A business scholar and Deadhead describes the innovative business practices and ideas originally and unintentionally pioneered by the legendary hippie rock band.
