Tribal Business School: Lessons in Business Survival and Success from the Ultimate Survivors

1. Strategy and Competition.

Kill or cooperate.

2. Change.

Change or die.

3. Leadership.

Respect, responsibility, courage and contribution.

Leadership in traditional societies.

Leadership as a contact sport.

How to avoid messing up as a leader.

4. Learning to Lead.

Role models and the role of books and courses.

5. Skills and Knowledge.

From “know what” to “know how”: tacit versus explicit knowledge.

6. Information Management.

Trust the messenger not the message, and never trust a spreadsheet.

7. Culture and Values.

Respect for the community: social versus economic capital.

Anthropology at your desk: discover your tribe’s culture.

Tribal versus corporate culture: three tests.

8. Control and Systems.

The lore and the law.

Control and compliance.

9. Survival and Success.

A journey to the dark side of the tribe.

The social costs of the tribe.

The struggle for economic success.

10. From Bush to Boardroom.

Putting bush craft into practice.

About the Book and Acknowledgements.

Index.