Management Secrets of the Grateful Dead (theatlantic.com)

Also under consideration:

- Seven Habits of Highly Effective '60s Folk Bands

- Your Own Mongolian Empire: What Genghis Khan Taught Us About Enterprise Management And How You Can Apply It

- Productivity Secrets Of Oscar The Grouch

- Cardinal Richelieu: Visionary Corporate Evangelist

- Ned Ludd's Business Success Lessons

- Unleash Your Startup's Inner Unabomber

Is this article somehow getting past the duplicates filter? I'm sure I've seen it here before, and Google turned up http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1164968 and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1130197 (not sure if either of these were actually the version I read).