Dr. Jonas Ridderstrale Speaker & Booking Information

His uncompromising, imaginative and decidedly funky take on contemporary business life has made Jonas one of todays most sought after speakers. Dr. Ridderstrale practices what he so persuasively preaches. He is an advisor, lecturer and consultant to a number of international corporations and is also on the board of several companies.

Jonas Ridderstrale's day job is as an assistant professor at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Leadership at the Stockholm School of Economics. Jonas has Ph.D. and an MBA from the same school. He has run the School's Advanced Management Program, a five-week top-management program that attracts the elite of Scandinavian business leaders. Jonas was recently recognized as Sweden's outstanding young academic of the year. His current research focuses on the new organizational models and the leadership styles in the information age and has been published in leading academic journals, magazines and newspapers, including Business Strategy Review, Organization Science and the Financial Times. Jonas contributed to the best-selling Financial Times Handbook of Management and Business: The Ultimate Resource. He is on the editorial board of The Capstone Business Encyclopedia.

The book, Funky Business - Talent Makes Capital Dance co-authored with Kjell A. Nordsrom is a manifesto of what our time requires from business firms and their leaders. The book has been featured on CNN and the CNBC, and appeared in Fortune, Fast Company, Time Magazine, Financial Times, Paris Match, etc. and is an international best-seller. So far, it has been translated into more than 31 languages. In 2000, both Amazon.co.uk and Management General rated Funky Business as one of the five best business books of that year. The book was recently ranked at number 16 in a survey of the best business book of all time.

The book, Karaoke Capitalism: Management for Mankind co-authored with Kjell A Nordstrom, is a new manifesto for how to make it in the world of Karaoke Capitalism. Individuals with endless choices dominate the karaoke economy. The trouble for business is that the karaoke club is also home to institutionalized imitation. Copycats abound. Only imagination and innovation place societies, organizations and individuals centre-stage. Karaoke Capitalism is a call to arms. Jonas and Kjell are rebels with a cause.

To date Karaoke Capitalism has been contracted for publication in 23 languages.

With their unorthodox combination of academic rigor, forceful logic and funky free-thinking they once again re-write the rules for revolutionaries. This is a true workout for the wits. In March 2004, the authors appeared on CNN's program "Global Office" for an extensive interview, recorded in Stockholm, on the ideas behind Karaoke Capitalism.

Programs:
FUNKY BUSINESS: Talent makes capital dance - Jonas Ridderstrale launches a manifesto for the new world of business. Forget what has come before; this is the future for organizations and leaders. We are all condemned to freedom. We cannot delegate the understanding of what drives tomorrow's society to politicians and executives. The funky future is here and now it's all up to you. The new world is different. Forget the old world order. Forget what you knew yesterday. The revolutionary reality is that 1.3 kilograms of brain holds the key to all our futures. Competitive advantage comes from being different. Increasingly, difference comes form the way people think rather than what organizations make. Today, the only thing that makes capital dance is talent. In such times we cannot have business as usual--we need funky business. Technology, institutions and values are being subverted and overturned. They are the triad, the inter--linked drivers of change, transforming each other and creating a global village of turbulance, tribes and fusion. We are deregulating life for ourselves and our children. Whether you like it or not, we are all condemned to freedom-- the freedom to choose.

KARAOKE CAPITALISM: Jonas Ridderstrale launches 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. Copy-cats abound. Only imagination and innovation place societies, organizations and individuals center-stage. Karaoke Capitalism is a call to arms. With his unorthodox combination of academic rigor, forceful logic and funky free-thinking he re-writes the rules for revolutionaries. This is a true work-out for the wits. He teaches us how to successfully compete on competencies, create capitalism with character, and how to have a great life while also making a living.