From Jazz Impact, I found this link:

Leading a company is often compared to conducting an orchestra. But organizing a jazz band may be a more appropriate analogy. That’s because business leaders increasingly want to set free the creative juices of individuality while maintaining the discipline to make music, not noise. USA TODAY’s Del Jones went to Wynton Marsalis, 45, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, who was named one of America’s Best Leaders in 2006 by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and U.S. News & World Report.

USAToday: Hot Corporations know how to swing

 

In addtion to an interesting interview, the piece also has several excellent tips from Marsalis:

• Everything in jazz and business starts with integrity. Listen to others. Respect them. Build trust.
• Groups who work together “swing.” They believe “we” is more important than “me,” and by doing so, absorb mistakes.
• You can be creative inside or outside of tradition. Inside, you reinvigorate. Outside, you counter-state.
• Creative people dare to be laughed at. They don’t act like what they are. They be what they are.
• Embrace opposites. They are, in fact, the same.

Update: see also Rhythms In Business

 

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