The Academy – Clever stuff on music etc.
Unlike a normal university, our professors work 24/7/365, do not go on about their research, never have a sabbatical etc. In the Academy you’ll find some thoughtful papers on music and business. PLUS, some of our music and fun resources in our rock trivia section.
Academy Resource |
Overview |
| BBC Radio 4’s Today programme | Can Prince teach us about competitive advantage? Can music save your moral soul? Read on... |
| Innovation, marketing and the Fender Strat | The Fender Stratocaster is a great example of groundbreaking innovation. What are the transferable lessons in innovation and marketing to your business? |
| It’s only Raga and Roll, but I like it | What can we learn from Indian Raga music about business? |
| Music and marketing | How does music excel in getting a marketing message over? |
| The Eden Project is the eighth wonder of the World. Find out why | |
| ROCK'N'ROLL WISDOM | Bite size snippets from Sex, Leadership and Rock'n'Roll |
Our music
From the boardroom to the bedroom.... outside of our Rock'n'Roll business life I retreat to my 'cave' and record original pieces of instrumental music, mostly ambient guitar soundscapes (if these exist!:-), without concern for the ravages of the commercial world. Some snippets can be heard below.
Inner gardens of desire Bill's next waltz Enigma of bass Mercury rising Earthling
Buy our latest album "Music from the Basement of Cognition" in CD format by clicking the button below. Or download individual tracks by clicking on the album cover. Proceeds go to Saras Hope Foundation, a charity that provides a holiday home for terminally ill children.
Rock Trivia
Rock Trivia |
Overview |
| Bill Bailey on rock | Here we see some clips of Bill Bailey doing his stage show sending up rock paradigms - A little bit like one of our seminars but without the business lessons and with less smoke! |
| What Peter Cook does at night | Some clips of Peter when he's 'playing the blues' and not doing blue chip consulting. Some people play golf to relax. Peter plays guitar. Some wierd, wired and wonderful items here |
| Macro-economics and rap | Interesting exposition of Keynsian economics set to rap music |
| "Ask Elvis" on astro-physics | Spoof question on astro-physics addressed by 'Elvis' on Radio 2 |
| Air guitar competition | Extract from a corporate conference where we auctioned a guitar for a cancer charity in exchange for some air guitar performances. People excelled themselves! |
| How NOT to do marketing | The crazy world of rock music does produce its fair share of product failures. Sometimes the product is good but the packaging severely damages the reputation of the band. Here's the worst album covers of all time for some ironic inspiration on how NOT to do your marketing |
| Jailhouse rock | Hilarious extract from a trial in which a blues singer protests her innocence via the vernacular of the blues! |
| Great rock songs about money | Top 30 songs about money |
