Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead |

Everything you need to know about business in the 21^st century you can learn from Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead.

Traditional approaches to business haven’t led to the outcomes most businesses expected especially today after the nearly fatal effects of the financial meltdown of 2008. The “tried and true” approaches have failed to live up to their promise. So maybe you’re ready for a radically different perspective on running a business or organization, one that’s authentic, humane, passionate, value-driven, truly customer-centric and most important–one that can respond quickly to unforeseen changes and crises.

This book shows you how the Grateful Dead successfully navigated the turbulent music industry for 30 years by modeling their organization on their improvisational musical approach, and you’ll see how your business can strategically improvise in turbulent times. You’ll find out how the Dead created a unique business model more than 40 years ago that’s become a common model for many bands today and can be applied in other industries today. You’ll understand how the Dead anticipated social networking before there was an Internet, and how you can benefit from their actions.

Here are the ten Lessons from the Grateful Dead you’ll find in this book:

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 customer 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