Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz

by Frank J. Barrett

Book Overview

What Duke Ellington and Miles Davis teach us about leadershipHow do you cope when faced with complexity and constant change at work? Here’s what the world’s best leaders and teams do: they improvise. They invent novel responses and take calculated risks without a scripted plan or a safety net that guarantees specific outcomes. They negotiate with each other as they proceed, and they don’t dwell on mistakes or stifle each other’s ideas. In short, they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1422161102
• ISBN13: 9781422161104
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"