Music has been a big part of my life. I studied it at university, taught it and I’m still an active horn player in my spare time. I am always fascinated by the leadership/group dynamic that is involved in creating good music.
USA Today interviews jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and compares the jazz band to leading a company.
Swing… is a world view. In this world view, there is a belief in the power of a collective ability to absorb mediocre and poor decisions. When a group of people working together trust that all are concerned for the common good, then they continue to be in sync no matter what happens. That is swing. It’s the feeling that our way is more important than my way. This philosophy extends to how to treat audiences, consumers, staff or dysfunctional families. This may seem idealistic, but think about how church congregations recite, nearly together and completely unrehearsed. They proceed by feel. Swing is the single objective. It is the core that makes us all want to work together.
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