This site is dedicated to an exploration and discussion of collaborative excellence.  Specifically, how do high-performance teams innovate and respond with agility to changing conditions and the unexpected?  My research and personal experiences in the arts as a leader, conductor and jazz bassist and in business as a software developer and manager have shown me that the practices employed by successful teams are widely applicable.  Whether it’s performing jazz, playing basketball, developing software, or executing business, political or military strategies, there are specific actions that can make or break a team’s collective efforts to succeed.  The Jazz Process specifies fourteen best principles that I believe are worth focusing on.  Yet there is so much more that’s important and worth exploring. [Read more]