2008-02-01

"Where Business Meets Jazz" article on CLOmedia.com

It was great to find this article by Lindsay Edmonds Wickman on CLOmedia.com last month! The concept really rings true for me especially, connecting my two occupations together.

Here's a brief excerpt:
"'For most of the 20th century, the idea of autonomy was you win, they lose. That’s how you did it in business. Well, that doesn’t work anymore, and in jazz, it never did. The idea of autonomy in jazz is based completely in a mindset of inclusion, and that’s because, in the jazz ensemble, we are constantly transitioning back and forth between a position of leadership and a position of support. The leadership actually makes it possible, through the way they relate, to be instantly influenced by the reaction of the supporting team,' [Lindsay] said."

Read more at...
http://www.clomedia.com/executive-briefings/2008/January/2058/index.php