Jazz improvisation for radical collaboration | Jim Kalbach | TEDxJerseyCity

The business world today is undergoing transformative change wrought on by internetand hyper connectivity. Thought leaders refer to our present day as the “Connected Age” or the “Age of Empathy,” among other things. With this, all of the basic questions of organization and management are back on table. Teams need to shift their mindsets and adopt new modes of working together.

Luckily, jazz improvisation provides a rich metaphor for us to follow in this brave new world. Four key attributes lead to a type of “radical collaboration” found in jazz: empathy, humility, embracing uncertainty and following patterns. As a result, a jazz ensemble is an example of a perfect learning machine, a self-healing organism ready to recover from just about anything thrown at it.

To demonstrate the basic principles of jazz improvisation and how they can relate to radical collaboration in business, this talk will feature a live performance with musicians from the area.

Jim Kalbach is a designer and business consultant with over 18 years of experience in online services and software. He holds a degree in music theory and composition from Rutgers University, where he also studied information science. A seasoned instructor, he has taught many courses, workshops and seminars on a variety of topics.

In Hamburg, Germany, where he previously lived for 15 years, he was the founder of an active jazz combo. Jim arranged most of their songs, including several concept projects such as jazz for children. Since returning to NJ in Sept 2013 Jim has joined the local jazz scene in Jersey City. Jim is an active speaker, writer, and instructor on strategy, web design and information architecture. He is the author of best-selling book Designing Web Navigation (O’Reilly, 2007). Jim blogs at www.experiencinginformation.com and tweets at @jimkalbach.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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