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2011
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Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation

By: Ethan S. Bernstein and Frank J. Barrett

How can leaders adopt a mindset that maximizes learning, remains responsive to short-term emergent opportunities, and simultaneously strengthens longer-term dynamic capabilities of the organization? This chapter explores the organizational decisions and practices... View Details

Keywords: Dynamic Capabilities; Strategic Change; Jazz; Jazz Mindset; Improvisation; Innovation; Change Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Leadership; Management; Management Style; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizations; Creativity; Strategy; Auto Industry; Banking Industry; Bicycle Industry; Computer Industry; Consulting Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Education Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Music Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Retail Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Japan; Taiwan; Europe; Asia

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Lessons from Jazz in the Live Online Classroom

song—executives should: Develop an appreciative mindset and be willing to jump in fully to something new even if it's intimidating. Like a jazz musician, recognize you have the foundational skills to make... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Mr. Start-Up

an astronaut. After selling Stylus, he briefly indulged a long-held passion by studying jazz piano, before settling into a spectacularly successful career as an entrepreneur, building and selling three tech companies — Direct Hit, Xfire,... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Mindset 18 NOV 2024 | The Parlor Room Harvard Business School Professor Christina Wallace joins host Chris Linnane to explore the intersection of marketing and entrepreneurship, highlighting why an entrepreneurial View Details

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Reza Satchu , Shai Bernstein Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 The Founder Mindset Entrepreneurial Management Reza Satchu Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 ^ back to top G Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Generative AI for Business Leaders Accounting &... View Details

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