The challenge is to manage creative people so that the output is fruitful. The challenge is not to have an open environment… — John Kao Challenge Copy Share Image
When you come into a creativity-driven environment, things are very different and there is the danger that a traditional managerial mind-set could… — John Kao Creative 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
Obviously businesses do not operate like an artists' commune. Business involves deploying finite resources to achieve goals in a competitive environment to… — John Kao Copy Share Image
The conventional asset-allocation method is like sheet music. It is prescribed, it has right answers and wrong answers and it sounds about… — John Kao 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 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
The impresario functions as a bridge and a translator. He or she is a bridge between the creative point of view -… — John Kao Copy Share Image
The larger the price tag, the more you have to adopt what I call the postmodern management approach. What I mean by… — John Kao Approach Copy Share Image
An organization is really a factory for producing new ideas and for linking those ideas with resources - human resources, financial resources,… — John Kao Effort Copy Share Image
Performers may play in the studio, but they need to go out and tour every once in a while to keep their… — John Kao Copy Share Image
You need judgment, you need to utilize conventional resource-allocation analysis, you have to work backward from estimations of the market to the… — John Kao 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 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 Copy Share Image
Rather than managing by clarifying events, the creative process may require raising the level of uncertainty. Sometimes this can be done by… — John Kao Copy Share Image
The head of a record label sets up structures, but he also defines the sound of the label, which is to describe… — John Kao Copy Share Image
Jamming - which follows rules but not individual notes - gives you a different result each time, depending upon the players and… — John Kao Adaptable Copy Share Image
