One of our
major morning papers in Sweden, SvD, recently
picked up what one of our leading management journals, Chef,
had noticed, namely that Frank J. Barrett finally has collected his thoughts on
how jazz thinking can make you a better leader.
I remember
vividly the first time I met Frank. It was in Copenhagen in 2005 ago at a
course in Appreciative Inquiry, organised by the consulting company Resonans. It was a three-day course and, as I
recall, the content was decided by us, the participants. Frank presented his
repertoire from his vast experience and we selected what we thought we liked
and needed most. As a good bandleader, he listened and was willing to
experiment.
Ha had us
do lots of exercises, both in groups and individually, where he made us do new
things and step out of our comfort zones. He let us perform solos, making us
all shine. He delivered on his words!
The book
"Yes
to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz" has received
excellent reviews. Not surprising, the people buying the book from Amazon also
bought books about Appreciative
Inquiry, Storytelling and Jazz. Since I've read some
of his stuff before, I'm sure that it's a real treat!
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