Conducting Quote by Warren G. Bennis

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more…

— Warren G. Bennis

Shared leadership... is less like a an orchestra, where the conductor is always in charge, and more like a jazz band, where leadership is…

— Phillip C. Schlechty

We use the word 'organization' to mean both the state of being organized and the groups that do the organizing.

— Clay Shirky

If you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation.

— Henry Threadgill

An organization is a projection of the leader's subconscious mind. To change an organization change your mind.

— Shane Gibson

I am an organization person, I believe in individuals banding together. I don't believe in unilateral actions. Some people don't like organizations. But it…

— Hortense Canady

Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and recording time,…

— Eberhard Weber

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

— Kurt Masur

Conducting is intensely social. You work with a hundred people every day. You collaborate, you try to focus their thoughts, you try to give…

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

The organization is a way for people to find us and deal with us and know how we operate.

— Mitchell Baker

Part of an ensemble show is realizing it's a collaboration. It's like a symphony. Everybody takes their turn, but it's really the collective group…

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

The better the orchestra, often the harder it is to conduct, not the other way around.

— Simon Rattle