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Peter Cook - Author of Sex, Leadership and Rock'n'Roll - www.Academy-of-Rock.co.uk |
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| Age: | 50 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Gillingham, London and South East |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Height: | 5' 8" |
| BodyType: | Some extra baggage |
| Zodiac: |  Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19) |
| Last Login: | Jun 24, 2008 (58 days back) |
| I am Here For Friends and Networking. | |
About Me |
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| I have managed to combine a serious career as a creative business consultant with rock musicand wig / skirt wearing - that's pretty average really isn't it? My transition into selfemployment was more inspired by George Michael's line 'Enjoy What You Do' from Wham Rap thanmy MBA and other formal learning. Personality type ENTP - that's a rare breed!! Author of two books on creativity etc. The latest one: SEX, LEADERSHIP ANDROCK'N'ROLL is acclaimed by top business guru TOM PETERS, who said of it "Sex,Leadership and Rock'n'Roll is a marvellous book, which closes the door on the tidy,hierarchical, know-your-place 'Orchestral Age' and ushers in a new, creative era ofchallenge and change. Hooray!". Phil Beadle, Punk Rock Teacher and Guardian Columnist thought: "This book rocksharder than early period Sabbath. I gulped it down quicker than Ozzy Osbourne used to down abottle of bourbon." Copies available at AMAZONAlso available in POLISH The book has a cameo section on the great Bill Nelson and his approach to personalreinvention. Bill is an all round genius and my most admired artist. Add him from my TopFriends if you wish. Also the author of a much more academic tome 'Best Practice Creativity' - see AMAZON - Just coming out in Russianafter 8 years in print!Recently on TV on an educational lite chat show - Kinda like 'Parkinson for Teachers' - Takea peek at TEACHER'STV Run my own business: ACADEMY OFROCK for radical creativity with rock music and HUMAN DYNAMICS forcreative business consultancy. Play instruments in spare time and organise jam sessions around Kent. Most recent gigs werewith Wilko Johnson's band featuring Norman Watt Roy - the engine room of Ian Dury and theBlockheads and Splodgenessabounds with my Glam Punk outfit GLUNK - on the 30th anniversaryof 'two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please' My all time love of guitar is the enigmatic Bill Nelson. Admired as much for his approachand attitude to the instrument than 'technique'. No one does it better!I've also played a few times with veteran cult punk rocker John Otway and he wrote theforeword to 'Sex, Leadership and Rock'n'Roll' - As a result I poured my life savings intohis 2006 World Tour and tried to help him execute this audacious strategy. This was a oncein a lifetime experience which broke my heart and bank balance and a great deal was learnedin doing it. During the course of this, I also met Rainbow George, fringe pacifistpolitician and next door neighbour of Peter Cook of 'Not Only But Also' fame. He had someinteresting tales to tell!Two lovely but precocious boys and all the usual joys / nightmares that this brings! There is some of my own music on ALTERNATIVE POSING - recorded at various points over the years. |
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My Interests |
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| Playing guitar. Writing and performing music in various disguises. Bringing up two little boys. Writing books. Drinking Belgian Beer. Science. Politics / human behaviour Business and personal coaching Top team strategy facilitation Public Speaking on Creativity, Innovation, Strategy, Leadership and Change |
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I'd like to meet:People from all over the world - variety is the food of diversity - play on! People who share a sense of fun, music and anyone who is as stupid / brave as I am to combine their passion with their job. Jimi Hendrix and Django Reinhardt would be nice (but time travel still not possible). Aristotle and Plato would also be good - glad that My Space has reincarnated some of my heroes!! |
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Music:Bill Nelson, Madonna, Deep Purple, Wire, Doctors of Madness, The Cure, Prince, Hendrix, Loads of Punk rock, Loadsa Glam Rock, Queen, Led Zeppelin, LostProphets, My Chemical Romance, Velvet Underground, Pulp, DJ Sammy, Murray Torkildsen, Morrissey, Django, Mozart, The Killers, T.REX, Bowie, Placebo, Communards, Hawkwind, Gong, Budgie, Man, Britney, Alanis Morissette, Depeche Mode, Syd Barrett, Robert Fripp, Robin Trower, Snow Patrol, The Lightening Seeds, Kiss, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, The Shadows, The Move, Wizzard, Slade, Jilted John, Bjork, Yeah, yeah, yeahs, Ms Dynamite, Kate Bush, The Damned, Velvet Underground, Brian Eno, David Sylvian, George Michael, Harold Budd, Rolf Harris, The Kinks, UpC Down C, Blur, Oasis, AC / DC, John Otway, Franz Ferdinand, Artic Monkeys, Cats n Cats n Cats, Tori Amos, The Cheeky Girls, Erasure, Velvet Revolver, Billy Bragg, Katie Melua, Spinal Tap, Warm Jets, David Gray, Cowboy Junkies, Bob Marley, Grace Jones, Roxy Music, Buzzcocks, Small Faces, Stones, Beatles, Norah Jones, Wes Montgomery, Santana, The Magic Numbers, Sandi Tohm, Mott The Hoople, Paul Weller, The Jam, Go West, Stevie Wonder, Tom Waits, Japan, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Joe Cocker, Imagination, Tamla Motown, James Brown, Otis Redding, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, The Automatic - the list goes on and on |
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Movies:Spinal Tap, The Exorcist, Jurassic Park, The 39 Steps, The Meaning of Life, The day the earth stood still, It's a wonderful life, Shrek, Village of the Damned, The Blues Brothers, Harry Potter, School of Rock, The singin' ringin' tree, A series of unfortunate events, Oliver Twist, The Killing Fields, Nacho Libre, Schindler's List, Garfield and on and onSome of my own films at http://www.youtube.com/academyofrock |
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Television:The News, Extras, Dr Who, Little Britain, The Office, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Simpsons, Dad's Army, Some mother's do 'ave 'em, Not Only But Also, The Fast Show, Reeves and Mortimer, David Attenborough documentaries, Catherine Tait, Rock SchoolHardly watch TV these days, too busy |
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Books:My own two of course!!Sex, Leadership and Rock'n'Roll - Peter Cook, Best Practice Creativity - Peter Cook, Diary of a hyperdreamer - Bill Nelson, Tragically I was an only twin - Peter Cook, Strange - Punks, Drunks etc. - Richard Strange, Harry Potter - J K Rowling George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, C P Snow The portrait of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Books by Tom Peters, Peter Senge, Tony Buzan, Peter Senge, Robert Fritz, Charles Handy, Peter Honey, Seth Godin, Malcolm Gladwell, Peter Druckerand loads of others..... |
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Heroes:Bill Nelson,Ritchie Blackmore, Jimi Hendrix, EinsteinMy DadBob GeldofDavid BrentReggie PerrinBambi - BTW who killed Bambi? |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Gillingham |
| Religion: | Christian - other |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | Yes |
| Children: | Proud parent |
| Education: | Grad / professional school |
| Occupation: | Self appointed Dean of the Academy of Rock |
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My Blog |
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Sex Leadership & Rock'n'Roll - David Bowie Convention |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1FradOgJNA
Peter Cook explains the 'very hidden' meaning behind Ziggy Stardust!
Idea's developed from the book 'Sex, leadership and rock'n'roll' available... Posted by Peter Cook on Fri, 02 May 2008 08:31:00 PST |
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Sex Leadership & Rock'n'Roll - Myths and Riffs of Creativity |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnFkXX5dVYs
An unusual insight into business creativity through the ears of music.
Idea taken from the book 'Sex, leadership and rock'n'roll' available at A... Posted by Peter Cook on Fri, 02 May 2008 08:27:00 PST |
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Leadership movie |
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| There is a new leadership and HR film available with the latest edition of the Instute of Directors' 'Director' magazine and available to download 24/7 at www.business100.co.uk or via Blueberry Produc... Posted by Peter Cook on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:47:00 PST |
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Spinal Tap Business Experience! |
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| Manchester, Minsk, Moscow..
I've just had another 'Spinal Tap in Business' experience... I was due to speak at an international conference in Minsk alongside people like Peter Seng... Posted by Peter Cook on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:12:00 PST |
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Sex, Leadership and Rock’n’Roll - The MOVIE |
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| Blueberry Productions have just released 'Sex, Leadership and Rock'n'Roll - The MOVIE', featuring interviews with Tim Smit, CEO of the Eden Project, the eighth wonder of the world.
You can see the mov... Posted by Peter Cook on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:27:00 PST |
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School of Rock |
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| Report on the School of Rock event from the Headteacher's viewpoint
Whilst many children were enjoying the last few days of the Summer Holidays, 40 very keen year six pupils were so eager to get back ... Posted by Peter Cook on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:23:00 PST |
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Nothing Compares 2 U Prince O2 Sat 01.09.07 |
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| Nothing Compares 2 U Prince O2 Sat 01.09.07
This will be the fifth time I have been to see Prince on his 21 nights in London. Every time is different and tonight was an extra special occasi... Posted by Peter Cook on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:23:00 PST |
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Prince, Sex, Leadership and Rock’n’Roll |
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| The pinnacle of last week was two visits I made to the O2 arena to see Prince. The show was absolutely brilliant although this was slightly marred by some poor VIP treatment on the Tuesday, havi... Posted by Peter Cook on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:46:00 PST |
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The Eden Project, Leadership, Sex and Two Pints of Lager |
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| The Eden Project, Leadership, Sex and Two Pints of Lager..
and a Packet of Crisps Please
Wednesday was a real red letter day as well as an exhausting one. A 20 hour round trip to interview Tim Smit... Posted by Peter Cook on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:06:00 PST |
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Meatloaf, Ice Cream, TV, Guitars and the Cheeky Girls |
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| The last few weeks have been very eventful. A TV programme has been commissioned on 'Sex, Leadership and Rock'n'Roll' - it will include interviews with entrepreneurial leaders such as Tim Smit, ... Posted by Peter Cook on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:55:00 PST |
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