Punk Rock is free creativity on the web

On July 1st, 2008 Henriette Weber wrote:

Punk rock changed the game. Punk rock said " you have all your talents, but you don't need to use them the "old ways" to actually achieve what you want in your life".

all that mattered in Punk Rock was that you had something to say, it didn't really matter if you played your instrument in the best way possible, as long as you had the courage to speak your ways of the world.

There are huge similarities between punk rock and the web. One of them is that because the entry of creativity was lowered massively with the punk rock outburst in the 70s... The entry of creativity is very low right now because of the web. because of the long tail (Chris Anderson also covers this subject in his "the long tail".)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/negrilli/2249288405

Most importantly the web has democratized the tools of creativity, - no wait it has made them completely free!... No matter what content you would like to put out there, what ideas you have, you can spur them of in a minute. So there are HUGE resemblances between Punk Rock and the web. Maybe it has spurred from the same rebellion against the "right thing" - or "normality"..?

[creativity, reboot, free, tools, punkrock, speech, music, entryofcreativity, democratization, ideas, normality, rock band] [14 comments]

How would your company handle a u-turn ?

On June 4th, 2008 Henriette Weber wrote:

If you're the CEO of a company and you want a successful business in the future you shouldn't make it solid as a rock. You should create the organisation so it could change, if necessary every day.

Why is that insanely important ?

Well. If you want to find out where your assets and faults lie, and what direction you need to steer your ship, you need to be able to fail. More importantly: you need to be able to fail faster than your competitors , ( no matter how wide or narrow you are competing with them).

The only way to achieve this, is to create an organisation that can make u-turns as fast as a limousine in a hollywood movie from the 70s.

Some companies are as fast as trucks carrying heavy loads of oil - and finds the easiest way is to back up the truck instead of turning around.

Freelancers are like bikes or speedway motorcycles.

why ?

Because they can follow their gutfeeling. They can turn the whole thing around just by changing their mind and start heading in another direction.

Would Microsoft be able to do this ? - or Google or Yahoo ?........... not... yet

[competition, u-turn, changes, failing, tools, gutfeeling] [0 comments]