In 2006, the Pirate Party was founded in Sweden under the leadership of Rick Falkving. The party was a great success and his pirate party spread, also successfully, around the world. For the purpose of leading people and teams properly, he published a book in 2015 titled: "Swarmwise - A Tactical Guide to Change the World". In the contribution, we will focus on a critical analysis of the mentioned publication and its possible applicability to business practice. Due to the drastic changes in our society, especially thanks to the rapid growth in the use of information technology, there is a need to find new ways of managing people and teams.. If the pirate party has been successful and if its members are mainly young people, it can be assumed that this way of leadership can be applied in business practice under certain circumstances. The goal of the contribution is to indicate a way to implement the Swarmwise concept in business practice, especially in IT areas, and to point out possible risks.