Karaoke Capitalism

In the long-awaited follow-up to the international bestseller Funky Business, Jonas Ridderstråle and Kjell A. Nordström launch a new manifesto for how to make it in the world of Karaoke 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, organizatons and individuals center-stage.

Karaoke Capitalism is 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 evolutionaries. This is a true work-out for the wits. Free your mind! 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.

1. Preface
1. Endless Solos
• The Music of Choice
• Welcome to the Age of the Individual
• You Choose
• Skills,Thrills and Greenbacks
• Capitalism Karaoke Style
2. Freed by Robots
• The Individual and the Machine
• U==ATCG
• New Net U
• Transparency Triggers Talent
3. Changing the Rules
• Who To Turn To?
• Emptying the Temple
• Tearing Down the Tower
• Turning to the Town Square
• Bowling Alone
• A Gay Bohemian Rhapsody
• Outlaws in a World Without Laws
4. Material Boys and Girls
• The Meaning of Lite
• Tribes 'r Us
• Tracking the Tribe
5. The Age of Abnormality
• The Double Economy
• Split Vision
• Crime and Punishment
• Division of Labor
• Graft and Grief
• Burn!
• Hangovers, Jet-Lag and Insomnia
6. Talent Takes Over
• Street Smarts Rule
• Held Hostage by Talent
• To Those Who Have Shall Be Given
• The Revolting Elite
• Self-Selection and Self-Deception
• (R)evolution Takes Time
7. Customer in Charge
• The Iron-Laws of Information
• Imperfect World; Perfect Markets
• My Way
• Under Siege by Customers
8. Capitalists Are Crying
• Bubbles Burst
• Profit Enemy No. 1
• The Two-Front War
9. Webs of Wisdom
• The Autopsy and the Matrix
• The New Knowledge Landscape
• Rocking All Over the World
• Putting Two and Two Together
• The Brain Bomb Explodes
• Beating the Best Before Date
• The Lego Principles
• Dead or Alive
10. Innovation Inc
• Talent is Strange
• Tall Stories
• Transfusing Talent
• Teaming Up by Splitting Up
• Kissing Frogs
• It's a Boy-Girl Thing
• Thrills at the Fringe
• Pass the Map
• The Big Idea
• Hire Attitude
• Give Me One Good Reason
• Dedicated to Dialogue
• Talk Talk
• Push Me, Pull You
• The Rules of Creation
• Experiment or Extinct
• Masters of Mistakes
• Inside the Temple of Trust
11. The Holy Grail of Business
• Moonwalking Monopolies
• Sure Thing Inc.
• Monopolies of the Future
• Fit and Sexy
12. Models with Minds
• Models Inc.
• The Make-up of Models
• The Making of Models
• Mastering the Model
• Fuzzy Logic
• The Glorious Anatomy of Super-Models
• Fit for the Future
13. Moods that Matter
• Moods Inc.
• E(motional)-Business
• Sinovation
• The 7S-Moods
• Heaven & Hell
• Create a Brand or be Banned
• Design an Experience or Expire
14. Managing Moody Models
• Roulette Time
• Reinventing Innovation
• Re-Energizing the Corporation
• The 10 Commandments of Karaoke Leadership
15. Breaking Free from Karaoke
• The Real World
• Free to Choose or Lose
• The Egos Have Landed
• On Towers, Temples & Town Squares
• A Fist Full of Dollars
• Efficiency & Emapthy Unite
• Getting Real
16. Notes
17. Photo Credits

As their first book really stank, I wasn't having very big hopes for this book. I must admit that they have improved!

It still is a book without any real recommendations (except some feel-good ones), but at least they manages to explain in a convincing way a lot of the modern business world. And they do it very entertaining, this way around.

It is in no way a classic, but it is worth having read.