Jaap Peters who wrote a book on the analogy of modern firm employees
and industrialised cattle rasing, showed an very interesting video fragment on emergence (in case a music tune, but could
have been common purpose, vision, etc).
The DVD part of Bruce Springsteen's album We Shall Overcome
- The Seeger Sessions shows a dozen musicians coming
together in Bruce's farmhouse and starting to play. Horns are banned to the corrider as being too loud for the main room,
but inspite of lack of eye contact, the dispersed players find each other in a melody and play harmonously towards the end.
Trust that talents around will find each other and that a melody
will emerge makes this a strong analogy for what is needed to deal with uncertainty and flexibility in project or team
work. Google also for "Managing emerging work: revisiting jazz lessons" by Marjchrzak.
