'\"It’s more fun to be a Pirate than to join the Navy\"Steve Jobs

This is a book for Necessary Pirates. People who have to leave ‘the Navy’ – the way their category and perhaps even their company has historically done things – in order to succeed.

In writing it, Adam Morgan has deliberately set out to research not just the legendary founders associated with iconic Challenger brands such as Diesel, but also the previously ‘invisible’ people that have been responsible for step-changing Challengers within larger, multi-brand corporations. By isolating common qualities and behaviour across the interviewees, he has harnessed for the first time insights into those aspects of ourselves we must encourage to achieve breakthrough as Challengers.

Drawing on these findings, The Pirate Insideargues that being a Pirate is not being an anarchist: it has its own disciplines. Real-life pirates had a code of conduct called The Articles: a different set of rules from those of the Navy, but a binding one all the same. And in the same way, Morgan offers advice on what the new behaviours for Marketing Pirates are: where they look for opportunity, for example; how they think about small budgets and limited distribution; how they productively push back against their superiors. And how they manage That Difficult First Year – when they have committed to a new direction, but the results have yet to prove them right.

The first part of The Pirate Insidesets out these behaviours, and shows how to apply them in the most productive way to become a Marketing Pirate and create step-change for your brand. Part Two moves on to explore ‘Pirates within the Navy’ – brand-centred subcultures within larger organizations without a founder – and explores how these Challenger micro-climates are best created and nurtured. Along the way Morgan examines and dismantles the ‘Six Excuses for the Navy’: the reasons we commonly give for not being the Pirate our brand needs us to be, such as: \"But I don’t have a founder\", \"But I don’t have a large advertising budget\" and \"But my consumer doesn’t want anything new in the category\".

Every organization needs a little Constructive Piracy. Including yours. Welcome to The Pirate Inside, a new manifesto for how the marketeer and marketing-led company of the future will think and behave. '

'“… will appeal to anyone who bought Morgan’s last book, Eating the Big Fish, and is a natural follow-up…” (Publishing News, 19^thMarch 2004)

“An excellent read” (Marketer, September 2004)

“…divides neatly into two sections…many examples and insights…” (Brand Strategy, November 2004)

“…uses the analogy of being a pirate to demonstrate how challenger brands can be shaped by the people behind them…” (Campaign, 10^thDecember 2004) 

\"...fascinating book...\" (Marketer, June 2006) 

\"... individuals who know a little about marketing would do well to learn how to use Morgan’s branding insights....\" (Chicago Tribune,June 2006)   '

In line with this thinking, The Pirate Inside forwards two key questions: what does it take to be the driver or guardian of a successful Challenger Brand, and what are the demands made by this on character and corporate culture? Building on his answers, Adam Morgan then explores the critical issue of whether big, multi-brand companies can create Challenger micro-climates within their companies, and the benefits that they might achieve by doing so.

The first book to examine the idea of 'challenger' brands - how they are created, sustained and succeeded.

Dramatis Personae.

The Relationship of This Book to Eating the Big Fish, and the Challenger Project.

Introduction: Necessary Pirates.

Part I: Behaviours that Stimulate Challenger Brand Cultures.

1. Outlooking: A Different Kind of Insight Seeking.

2. Pushing: A Different Kind of Approval.

3. Projecting: A Different Kind of Consistency.

4. Wrapping: A Different Kind of Communication.

Part II: Personal Qualities that Foster an Internal Challenger Culture.

5. Denting: A Different Kind of Respect.

6. Binding: A Different Kind of Contract.

7. Leaning: A Different Kind of Commitment.

8. Refusing: A Different Kind of Passion.

9. Taking it Personally: A Different Kind of Professionalism.

10. Brand-centricity.

Part III: How to Be a Pirate in the Navy, Without Getting Hanged.

11. Red Pill, Blue Pill: Learning from Success.

12. Why Brand-centred Subcultures Fail: Learning from Failure.

13. Biting the Other Generals: The Wider Benefits Successful Subcultures Bring.

Part IV: Writing the Articles.

14. Writing the Articles in Our Own Organization.

15. That Difficult First Year: Emotional Preparation.

Part V: The Future of Piracy.

16. Pirates, Privateers and the Emergence of the BSC.

Postscript.

Acknowledgements.

Notes and Sources.

Index.