One of the most important steps towards maximizing the potential of any team is to treat the team as a group of individuals. An [Read more]]]> http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/07/ten-ways-to-kill-productivity-and-passion-2-inhibit-individuality/feed/ 0 http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/06/a-failure-to-follow-is-a-failure-to-lead/ http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/06/a-failure-to-follow-is-a-failure-to-lead/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:48:03 +0000 Adrian Cho http://www.jazzprocess.com/?p=711 This article about General Stanley McChrystal’s failure to follow is worth a read. It is authored, not surprisingly, by Barbara Kellerman, a strong proponent of following. I briefly covered the topic of following in a recent post: Top talent and decentralized leadership and of course it’s in my book. The summary is: hire the best [Read more]]]> http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/06/a-failure-to-follow-is-a-failure-to-lead/feed/ 1 http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/06/ten-ways-to-kill-productivity-and-passion-1-burden-with-bureaucracy/ http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/06/ten-ways-to-kill-productivity-and-passion-1-burden-with-bureaucracy/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:28:26 +0000 Adrian Cho http://www.jazzprocess.com/?p=641 This is the first in a series of ten posts about common problems that can lead teams to fail or otherwise limit their success.

Imagine the work environment of a team that is so free that it is completely devoid of rules, guidance, knowledge and experience. People in the team are unsure of how to proceed when presented [Read more]]]> http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/06/ten-ways-to-kill-productivity-and-passion-1-burden-with-bureaucracy/feed/ 2 http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/06/john-goldsby-collaborating-from-the-bottom-up/ http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/06/john-goldsby-collaborating-from-the-bottom-up/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:03:24 +0000 Adrian Cho http://www.jazzprocess.com/?p=604 This is the second in a series of posts introducing people who have endorsed the Jazz Process book. The first post in this series introduced jazz biographer and linguistics professor, Jack Chambers. For this post I have the pleasure of writing about jazz bassist, John Goldsby.

Goldsby was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1980 he [Read more]]]> http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/06/john-goldsby-collaborating-from-the-bottom-up/feed/ 2 http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/05/jack-chambers-a-passion-for-language-and-learning/ http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/05/jack-chambers-a-passion-for-language-and-learning/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 02:31:34 +0000 Adrian Cho http://www.jazzprocess.com/?p=594 This is the first in a series of posts introducing people who have endorsed the Jazz Process book.

To those in the world of jazz he is Jack Chambers, jazz biographer and journalist, perhaps best known as the author of Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis, the definitive biography of the pioneering jazz trumpeter. [Read more]]]> http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/05/jack-chambers-a-passion-for-language-and-learning/feed/ 0 http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/05/the-book-cometh/ http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/05/the-book-cometh/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 08:00:05 +0000 Adrian Cho http://www.jazzprocess.com/?p=579 Last Friday I was in London, Ontario speaking about the Jazz Process at a PMI Symposium. After my talk I offhandedly tweeted that the book would be out soon. A number of people asked me for more details and I thought it would be good to share them on this blog.

The camera-ready manuscript was sent to [Read more]]]> http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/05/the-book-cometh/feed/ 0 http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/05/top-talent-and-decentralized-leadership/ http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/05/top-talent-and-decentralized-leadership/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 02:51:58 +0000 Adrian Cho http://www.jazzprocess.com/?p=568 In their quest for greater productivity many teams look to tools and technology when the greatest resource they have, or should have, is already within the team. The United States military is the best equipped fighting force in the world with hardware that soldiers in many other countries can only dream about. One would think that [Read more]]]> http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/05/top-talent-and-decentralized-leadership/feed/ 0 http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/04/jazz-musicians-listen-with-open-ears-accept-with-open-minds-and-respect-with-open-hearts/ http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/04/jazz-musicians-listen-with-open-ears-accept-with-open-minds-and-respect-with-open-hearts/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:31:29 +0000 Adrian Cho http://www.jazzprocess.com/?p=471 Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face—and What to Do About It is a recently released book that’s worth a look. Penned by Harvard Business School professor, Richard Tedlow, this excellent book covers a critically important topic that has led to the failure and downfall of many projects, missions and campaigns throughout [Read more]]]> http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/04/jazz-musicians-listen-with-open-ears-accept-with-open-minds-and-respect-with-open-hearts/feed/ 5 http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/04/learning-from-the-jazz-masters-and-the-importance-of-situational-awareness/ http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/04/learning-from-the-jazz-masters-and-the-importance-of-situational-awareness/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:01:55 +0000 Adrian Cho http://www.jazzprocess.com/?p=454 The Jazz Process book is currently in final proofreading and on schedule for release at the end of May. In fact I’m going through the final PDFs this weekend. I’m excited to see early interest in the book and I’m looking forward to when people can get it in their hands. IT professional Bob Lambert has [Read more]]]> http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/04/learning-from-the-jazz-masters-and-the-importance-of-situational-awareness/feed/ 2 http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/03/learn-to-execute-before-you-inovate/ http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/03/learn-to-execute-before-you-inovate/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:14:24 +0000 Adrian Cho http://www.jazzprocess.com/?p=294 In the Jazz Process there are fourteen principles that form a continuum that progresses linearly from the most fundamental principles to the more advanced:

These fourteen principles are effectively divided into four groups:

Creativity can be pursued simply for its own sake. This is often the case in art. Creativity can also be [Read more]]]> http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/03/making-repeat-collaboration-work/feed/ 1 http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/02/be-humble-always-seek-to-improve/ http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/02/be-humble-always-seek-to-improve/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:16:48 +0000 Adrian Cho http://www.jazzprocess.com/?p=217 I thoroughly enjoyed this short Harvard Business Review blog post detailing some of the lessons that can be learned from snowboarding sensation Shaun White. While people are all different, there are many ties that bind us together. More specifically, while we all work and play in a wide variety of domains there are principles that are [Read more]]]> http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/02/be-humble-always-seek-to-improve/feed/ 1 http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/02/discussion-of-jazz-process-on-npr-jazz-blog/ http://www.jazzprocess.com/2010/02/discussion-of-jazz-process-on-npr-jazz-blog/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:18:57 +0000 Adrian Cho http://www.jazzprocess.com/?p=214 There’s an interesting discussion of the Jazz Process on the NPR Jazz blog prompted by the recent Dr. Dobb’s article.