Moving Performance Blog
Five Things Jazz Can Teach Us About Business
Organisations can be like orchestras. But we’ve found that there are some which are like jazz ensembles. Some people love classical music, with it’s rhythms and the layers of history that build upon new iterations of the same score. Some people love jazz and the way it flows spontaneously. Jazz is hard. And jazz is wonderful too.…
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Keys to Collaboration: #4 Passion that’s catching
Collaboration is a hot topic in business at the moment, but what does true collaboration for growth actually look like, and how do we develop collaborative relationships? In a mini-series of blogposts, we’re exploring the different keys to collaboration, and what each of them means for your success. You’ve got a great idea and you…
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What Sam Smith Can Teach Us About Success
The Grammy awards were as ever, a lavish and flamboyant affair. As a celebration of the breadth of the music of our time, there’s not much else that comes close. Anglophiles will have been delighted this year too, as soul singer Sam Smith scooped a whopping four awards. And collecting them he linked together his music,…
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Keys to Collaboration: #3 Listening
Collaboration is a hot topic in business at the moment, but what does true collaboration for growth actually look like, and how do we develop collaborative relationships? In a mini-series of blogposts, we’re exploring the different keys to collaboration, and what each of them means for your success. Collaboration takes good communication, and we well…
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Keys to Collaboration #2: Gaining Goodwill
Collaboration is a hot topic in business at the moment, but what does true collaboration for growth actually look like, and how do we develop collaborative relationships? In a mini-series of blogposts, we’re exploring the different keys to collaboration, and what each of them means for your success. Tis the season for peace and goodwill,…
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Keys to Collaboration: #1 Leaving the past in the past
Collaboration is a hot topic in business at the moment, but what does true collaboration for growth actually look like, and how do we develop collaborative relationships? In a mini-series of blogposts, we’re exploring the different keys to collaboration, and what each of them means for your success. Of all the leaders of the 20th…
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Three Ways Failure Can Be A Key To Success
Spend any time with musicians, like we do, and you are quickly in awe of their skill, talent, and work ethic. From the concert pianist playing a concerto from memory, to the percussion player who waits the entire symphony to hit the one significant note, precisely at the right time you cannot come away from…
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What’s The Point Of Learning Music Anyway?
There aren’t many who’d say that we’d be better off without music in our lives. But if it were a choice between learning a musical instrument or studying maths, well, surely the latter would be the more useful in the world of business, right? Music provides a backdrop for real life; it’s the soundtrack, but…
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Sing When You’re Winning
Building a raft, climbing a wall, capsizing a canoe – I (Ben) love all that kind of stuff, and for some people they make the basis of a great team building or leadership training day. But though they can be a joy for the sportsmen and women among us, they’re not always everyone’s cup of…
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