The manager's job - the impresario's job - is to preside over the company's efforts to jam so the business runs really… — John Kao Business Copy Share Image
In a large pharmaceutical company, where it's a big bet, you're going to need finance people to be involved in the decision-making… — John Kao Agreement Copy Share Image
Creativity is not like the weather: You can do something about it. And you can measure it well enough to determine its… — John Kao Can do Copy Share Image
Obviously businesses do not operate like an artists' commune. Business involves deploying finite resources to achieve goals in a competitive environment to… — John Kao Achieve Copy Share Image
Managing the creative process means selecting the best people and then letting them do their work. That means nurturing. It also means,… — John Kao Creating Copy Share Image
I would argue that the management of creativity requires a skill set that's relatively different from the traditional management skill set that… — John Kao Appropriate Copy Share Image
A large part of the impresario's job has to do with maintaining and communicating standards of performance. Knowing how to set those… — John Kao Communicate Copy Share Image
The management of creativity is more intimate. By that I mean that it deals with an individual's personal, psychological landscape. It deals… — John Kao Atmosphere Copy Share Image
In the end it is the musician who actually plays the notes. The impresario - or the project leader - is only… — John Kao Different Copy Share Image
The impresario functions as a bridge and a translator. He or she is a bridge between the creative point of view -… — John Kao Allocation Copy Share Image
The challenge is to manage creative people so that the output is fruitful. The challenge is not to have an open environment… — John Kao Challenges Copy Share Image
A pioneering and invaluable work about what it really takes to build innovation capability in society. — John Kao Capability Copy Share Image
Jazz is not about getting and playing whatever notes you want. It is about reworking themes in a manner that sounds good,… — John Kao Audience Copy Share Image
Creativity, my students learn, is as natural a function of the mind as breathing or digestion are natural functions of the body. — John Kao Body Copy Share Image
The traditional managerial mind-set is an analytical mind-set. It is about creating accountability and defining responsibilities. — John Kao Accountability Copy Share Image
Jazz musicians can be great teachers of business. Their creativity is not dependent on their mood, it does not have to be… — John Kao Be creative Copy Share Image
Improvisation in the jazz sense - like the business sense - is not formless. It is built on a skill set. Jazz,… — John Kao Built Copy Share Image
Jazz has to work. It has to play with the audience and with the marketplace. I think that is relevant to business. — John Kao Audience Copy Share Image
The mark of the developed intellect is that it could accommodate two contradictory ideas at the same time. — John Kao Accommodate Copy Share Image
The impresario's job is to pick the right people who can pick the right people. He picks the people who can pick… — John Kao Art Copy Share Image
The creative process is different from the traditional production and work-flow process. It is not so linear. — John Kao Creative Copy Share Image
Every day, there are 770 million Cokes consumed, which means that there are 770 million purchasing decisions made each day regarding the… — John Kao Advertising Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the impresario must know when to simply get out of the way. — John Kao Knows Copy Share Image
You are able to create an environment so that the creative process can take place and that you can get people to… — John Kao Able Copy Share Image
