Peter Cook - Author and Business Speaker. Sex, Leadership and Rock ‘n’ Roll – Leadership Lessons from the Academy of Rock.


Peter Cook is Managing Director of a creativity and innovation management consultancy, which serves some of the world’s most prestigious organisations.  These include Pfizer, Kent County Council, Glaxo Smith Kline, the Open University Business School, The NHS, Nat West Bank, Electronic Arts, Metropolitan Police and Johnson & Johnson.

He has over 20 years business, academic and consultancy experience, comprising:

·          Leading innovative new product development teams.

·          Acting as a manufacturing trouble-shooter to businesses around the world.

·          Internal business and organisational development consultancy.

·          Designing, developing and delivering management development programmes.

Peter Cook started life as a chemist, has a master’s degree in management and a ‘university of life’ qualification in international troubleshooting and leading rock bands. He brings this combination of theory and experience together in events that reach beyond the normal management consultancy fare. 

Tutor on a number of Executive MBA programmes, including the acclaimed ‘Creativity, Innovation and Change’ and ‘Human Resource Strategy’ programmes.  Peter is a noted speaker and writer on the subjects of Strategic Creativity, Innovation and Change Management.  He has been invited to speak at major conferences for organisations as diverse as British Telecom, Allianz Cornhill, Kent County Council and London Business School.

Peter Cook holds an MBA from the Open University Business School, is a Chartered Chemist and Chartered Marketer.  He is Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Branch Chair for the Institute and a Governor at Napier Community Primary School.  An NLP master practitioner and lifelong learner.

Peter is author of ‘Best Practice Creativity’, which focuses on the art and discipline of inspiring creativity in organisations.  He recently published ‘Sex, Leadership and Rock ‘n’ Roll – Leadership Lessons from the Academy of Rock’, acclaimed by top business guru Tom Peters.  His articles appear in numerous publications and he was given an award for an article on making knowledge management work.

"Sex, Leadership and Rock 'n' Roll is a marvelous book, which closes the door on the tidy,  hierarchical, know-your-place 'Orchestral Age' and ushers in a new, creative era of challenge and change.  Hooray!"  Tom Peters

“This book rocks harder than early period Sabbath. I gulped it down quicker than Ozzy Osbourne used to down a bottle of bourbon.” Phil Beadle, The Guardian

Speaking topics taken from the book ‘Sex, Leadership and Rock ’n’ Roll – Leadership Lessons from the Academy of Rock:

Mixing Music, Business and Leadership

·          Myths and Riffs of Leadership

·          Roll over Beethoven – Orchestras, Rock, Jazz and Business

·          Lessons in Innovation – The Fender Stratocaster

·          Creative Leadership unplugged

·          Creativity and Innovation Masterclass

‘Sex’ – aka Relationships, Marketing and Teamwork

·          Let’s talk about Sex – Relationships and Marketing unplugged

·          The Good Business Relationship Guide

·          Dangerous Liaisons – Dealing with Politics and the Dark Side

·          Communication Breakdown – Influence and Persuasion

·          Built to Last – The Beatles and Teamwork

‘Drugs’ – aka Motivation and Leadership

·          Love is the Drug – Motivation and Leadership unplugged

·          Top 20 Motivational Tips for Leaders

·          Great Innovations of our time

·          Leading an Innovative Company

‘Rock ’n’ Roll – aka High Performance, Project Execution and Delivery

·          Rock’n’Roll – Performance and Delivery unplugged

·          Leadership Lessons from the Greatest Rock ’n’ Roll Tour in the World – Front of house and backstage.

·          Chameleons – Great Rock Reinventors of our time with Parallel Lessons for Business Transformation.

·          The Rock ’n’ Roll Circus of Change.

Testimonials:

“Peter Cook provides an unusual musical insight into Leadership. Underpinning everything is “the relationship”, “the environment” and “the situation”. It’s light, funny and offers new ways of understanding a complex subject. Sex, Leadership and Rock ’n’ Roll offers a more lateral and creative look on a subject matter that, at times, is perceived as fashionable but well worn.”

Peter Gilroy, Chief Executive, Kent County Council

“Thanks to you for your performance and the energy you created! We had great fun and a strong moment of togetherness that will last”  Harald Melwisch, Brand Manager, Unilever, Italy

As a confirmed classical music addict. I approached the event with more than a little doubt, especially when I heard them warming up with electric guitars beforehand. But this turned out to be THE event of It's Your Life (2006). The dynamic combination of Peter Cook and John Otway just blew me away. For once I was, and remain, truly inspired. The event was different, by a long, long way, but so much more effective for being so. Thanks to the organisers who took a risk putting it on. I'm glad I took the risk of attending!   R&D Manager – Pfizer

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