Organizations in crises may benefit from jazz ensemble model

Organizational leaders may benefit from operating more like a jazz ensemble during crises in order to utilize their resources in unconventional ways, according to new research from Rice University. “When a crisis hits, getting jazzy will help leaders in any industry adapt and positively transform their organizations,” said Scott Sonenshein, the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business and lead author of the study published in the Academy of Management Journal. “Leaders can unlock the hidden potential of existing resources by viewing them through new lenses and emerge from the crisis with better financials Read More