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Oh dear--a book called Funky Business by two Swedish academics. At first glance it has all the allure of Benny and Bjorn's (from Abba) sadly never released concept album about life as a middle manger in a multinational conglomerate. There is something very earnestly hip about the way that Kjell Nordstrom and Jonas Ridderstrale of the Stockholm School Of Economics present themselves. "They do gigs not seminars. These gigs sell out. They have shaved heads and wear black", says the blurb.

But that's what makes Funky Business worth reading. It's not so much the novelty of its argument--which boils down to the idea that in an oversupplied world, ideas are what separate successful companies and successful individuals from the failures. It is the vitality of the argument and, dare I say it, the rhythm of the language that make it so compelling. "Traditional roles, jobs, skills, ways of doing things, insights, strategies, aspirations, fears and expectations no longer count. In this environment we cannot have business as usual. We need business as unusual. We need different business. We need innovative business. We need unpredictable business. We need surprising business. We need funky business."

The book, which is almost a virtuoso display of rhetoric and intellectual power, bursts at the seams with the exuberant force of its argument and the weight of its highly colourful supporting evidence. Sources quoted range from the Pope to the Prodigy. Funky Inc, they say, "isn't like any other company. It is not a dull, old conglomerate. It is not a rigid bureaucracy. It is an organisation that actually thrives on the changing circumstances and unpredictability of our times."

This is great entertainment. But the slick veneer does not invalidate the way that the book pulls together many existing strands of thought about how business is developing and evokes a coherent and intriguing vision of a future whose main feature will be incoherence.

This really is one for all the family. Or at least all those old enough to have a job. --Alex Benady --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Belfast News Letter, 9 May 2006
... very enjoyable and genuinely thought provoking.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   11 of 11 people found the following review helpful: After e-Business comes...f-Business, 25 April 2001 By  Colin Harper - See all my reviews This review is from: Funky Business (Paperback) Or Funky Business, to be more precise It is full of hyperbole, is at times intensely irritating, and includes nothing I did not know before...but it is packed with great stories, examples, jokes and for a pair of assistant professors from Stockholm its a very entertaining read. They get it completely... Its a pre-bust book which still makes sense post bust. The points they make about knowing who you are and what you do (at the individual and organisational level) are also spot on.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   7 of 7 people found the following review helpful: a manifesto for the human economy, 13 Nov 2000 By  raster100@hotmail.com - See all my reviews This review is from: Funky Business (Paperback) A really stimulating book this, and I think that some of my fellow reviewers may be missing the point here. This book is all about immersing yourself in the underlying spirit of the human economy - think of it as the new manifesto for companies and individuals who can compete on being different and compete on economies of soul. What it is not is a bandwagon book about the dot com "new economy". That may or may not have come off the rails, but if you actually read this book (and it's not hard - this is engaging stuff) you'll find out that it doesn't talk about hyped dot coms at all. This is about diversity, creativity and competing on personality. Like the Cluetrain Manifesto and No Logo, this won't deliver a big checklist, but it will make you think afresh about business. Funky Business might even just make you feel excited about business life again. When's the last time a business book made you feel that?  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)