Jazz Improvisation as a Model for Radical Collaboration

@JimKalbach

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Photo : Don Hunstein, used with permission

Photo : Don Hunstein, used with permission

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The reality is that we have no idea what the end state will be...

Like jazz improv, products, brands and services are never finished.

Photo: Jim Kalbach

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Thaler, E. - This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive - CC-BY-SA-3.0-de

http://ucvox.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/113617905-scaling-agile-spotify-11.pdf

…we don’t have any management, and

nobody “reports to” anybody else. We

do have a founder/president, but

even he isn’t your manager. This

company is yours to steer — toward

opportunities and away from risks.

http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf

They will bring … creativity, passion, character, and

collaborative spirit—their humanity, in other words.

If what is demanded of managers today

is empathy (more than execution, more

than expertise), then we must ask: what

new roles and organizational structures

make sense…? All the questions about

management are back on the table –

and we can’t find the answers soon

enough.

http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/07/managements-three-eras-a-brief-history/

http://foolsgardenjazz.blogspot.com

Thank You