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Crowds, Chaos, & the Competitive Edge
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June 16, 2012 by Jackie Modeste

“Facebook really helped people to communicate, but not to collaborate.” – liberal Egyptian friend of Thomas L. Friedman I’ve been …
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Category: Blues, Business, Cultural diplomacy, Education, Governance, International Relations, Jazz, Strategy, Uncategorized, Wynton Marsalis | Tags: Arab Spring, Chris Hayes, collaboration disruptive, competitive edge, crowds, democracy, differentiation, Egypt, Egyptian Army, Electoral College, iPod, Jazz, meritocracy, Muslim Brotherhood, oligarchy, parade, politics, representative democracy, Romare Bearden, Second Line, social media, swing, the blues, Thomas L. Friedman, USA, value, voting
Facebook, Jazz & the Possibilities of Global Scale
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May 21, 2012 by Jackie Modeste

It seems to me that Facebook aspires towards the same openness and global reach as jazz. Moreover, it seems these trajectories converge …
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Category: Blues, Business, Cultural diplomacy, Education, International Relations, Jazz, Strategy | Tags: Audience for jazz, Brian Solis, Center for Jazz Studies, citizen information, Cultural diplomacy, democracy and human rights, ella fitzgerald, emerging markets, facebook, global actors, governance, Jazz, louis armstrong, mark zuckerberg, pando daily, penny von eschen, peter sandberg, politics, Robert G. O'Meally, uta poiger
Streetcar and the Desire for Cultural Competence
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May 16, 2012 by Jackie Modeste

I was all geared up to write an article about corporate social responsibility today. What, with the $2B loss at …
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Category: Albert Murray, Blues, Business, Education, International Relations, Jazz, Strategy, Uncategorized | Tags: albert murray, Ben Brantley, Blair Underwood, corporate social responsibility, cultural competence, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Duke Ellington, French Quarter, Jamie Dimon, Jazz, jazz studies, JPMorgan Chase, New Orleans, New York Times, Nicole Ari Parker, politics, shakespeare in the park, Streetcar Named Desire, Terence Blanchard, United States, Wood Harris
The Inverted Front Line: Listening to Polyrhythms
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May 8, 2012 by Jackie Modeste

Essentially Ellington is an annual international high school jazz band competition sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center. Members of the …
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Category: Blues, Business, Governance, International Relations, Jazz, Strategy, Uncategorized, Wynton Marsalis | Tags: AR Rahman, blues, Code Mizell, culture, Duke Ellington, emerging markets, governance, Harvard Business Review, Hip Hop, innovation, Jazz, LL Cool J, Management, MIT Sloan Review, New York Times, Oum Kalthoum, politics, rap, Second Line, Small business, Steve Jobs, Strategic management, Yacub Addy
Blues You Can Use – Lesson #1
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May 4, 2012 by Jackie Modeste

Ma Rainey - “Deep Moaning Blues” (1928) Blues You Can Use – Lesson 1 “While it’s hard to find people that do …
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Category: Albert Murray, Blues, Business, Education, Strategy, Uncategorized | Tags: Bessie Smith, blues, business, Change management, Clarence Williams, creativity, culture, education, HR, innovation, Jazz, MIT Sloan Management Review, MIT Sloan Review, Sam Ransbotham, soloing, Stomping the Blues, talent, talent identification
The Innovation Train
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April 24, 2012 by Jackie Modeste

“Essentially, questions about experimentation in the arts are also questions about the relevance of tradition. They are questions, that is …
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Category: Albert Murray, Blues, Business, Jazz, Strategy | Tags: albert murray, blues, collaboration, cultural heritage, cultural identity, culture, Diane Paulus, education, Harvard Arts, Harvard Business Review, Harvard Repertory Theatre, innovation, leadership, MIT Sloan Review, theatre
Elephant Sperm Banks — Good Idea for Business & for Jazz
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April 20, 2012 by Jackie Modeste

“Inbreeding presents real problems… [and it] isn’t just a problem for captive elephants” – it’s a problem for businesses and …
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Category: Albert Murray, Blues, Business, Jazz, Wynton Marsalis | Tags: albert murray, blues, christopher bingham, collective improvisation, elephants, emerging markets, Harvard Business Review, improvisation, JALC, Jazz, JLCO, MIT Sloan Review, science, Scott Anthony, Stomping the Blues, The Economist

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