You might think that A rocker’s guide to management sounds like one of those “What X can teach us about Y” articles. And it is, I guess, on the surface. But it’s just so well done. As an intro:

The history of rock groups can be viewed as a vast experimental laboratory for studying the core problems of any business: how to make a group of talented people add up to more than the sum of its parts. And, once you’ve done that, how to keep the band together.

The article is less about management, and more about the different ways that teams can be structured, as well as the good things and pitfalls of each approach.