The jazz process : collaboration, innovation, and agility

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cho, Adrian, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teams in the workplace.

Diversity in the workplace.

Organizational effectiveness.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 291 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Addison Wesley 2010

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"An insider’s guide to translating the creative techniques of jazz to the business world.” Scott Berkun, author of The Myths of Innovation What Can Your Team Learn From Jazz Musicians? Experienced jazz musicians apply specific principles to collaborate, execute, and manage change in real time--delivering extraordinary innovation in the face of non-stop pressure and risk. Now, jazz musician and collaboration expert Adrian Cho shows how you can use the same principles to dramatically improve any team’s performance. Cho systematically introduces the Jazz Process and demonstrates how it can help cross-functional teams improve teamwork, innovation, and execution. You’ll learn new ways to encourage and integrate strong individual contributions from passionate and committed practitioners, and give them maximum autonomy while making sure your project’s “music” never degenerates into chaotic “noise.” Through multiple case studies, Cho shows you how high-performance teams achieve their success. • Master five core principles of working in teams: use just enough rules, employ top talent, put the team first, build trust and respect, and commit with passion • Establish a realistic framework for effective, continuous execution • Collaborate more effectively with team members, consumers, customers, partners, and suppliers • Master the essentials of team execution: listening for change, leading on demand, acting transparently, and making every contribution count • Reduce the “friction” associated with collaboration--and increase the synergy • Use form, tempo, pulse, and groove to maintain constructive momentum • Learn about the importance of healthy projects and teams • Innovate by exchanging ideas and taking the right measured risks • For every practitioner, leader, and manager interested in getting better results

Contents:

Use just enough rules

Employ top talent

Put the team first

Build trust and respect

Commit with passion

Essentials of execution

Listen for change

Lead on demand

Act transparently

Make contributions count

Reduce friction

Maintain momentum

Stay healthy

Exchange ideas

Take measured risks.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612585661

9780132117456

0132117452

9781282585669

1282585665

9780132117449

0132117444

OCLC:

1027202918