I’ve known Christof for a few years now, and am thrilled to have the opportunity to riff with him on the public stage!
A few “tunes” from our set:
The Book: The backstory of Christof’s book "The Power of Music Thinking," discusses how musical concepts can transform organizational collaboration and innovation
Cue the Framework: The JASPER framework - an acronym for the six “cues” of Jamming, Agility, Score, Personality, Empathy, and Remix that frame conversations that help organizations think and work more harmoniously.
The Style Council: How different musical styles (classical, jazz, etc.) can serve as analogies for different organizational dynamics.
"You don't hire a trained classical violinist from Juilliard to come in and sub with the jazz quintet or play on the rock stage. Nor do you hire an electric guitar player to come in and play second violin in the Vienna Philharmonic." - Rijon
Open Your Ears: Using music listening techniques as a fundamental skill for helping people understand one another and help them connect across differences.
"The way how you listen to music is also the way how you listen to your partner, your consumer, your client, the society." - Christof
Here are some more tasty licks:
"Money should be an outcome, not a goal. If you only focus on the money, you will collectively change everything outside our environment."
“Sometimes words don't help, but sounds can."
"We can only hear what we know. We can't hear what we don't know."
"In music, there is no right or wrong, it's only different. And that's why music, in my experience, always works."
"If a certain person that you might not like...coincidentally likes the same music as you, there is something that besides being human is connecting you in a different way."
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IF YOU LISTEN TO THE WHOLE EPISODE:
1. What is Music Thinking and how did it develop?
2. How do the practical tools work?
3. What makes this approach unique?
4. What kinds of organizational challenges can it address?
5. What does a practical implementation look like?
6. What is the JASPER framework?
7. What role does listening play?
8. How does this connect to larger organizational transformation?
9. What resources are available?
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