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Monthly Archives: October 2011
“I’ll just keep searching” – John Coltrane on being a complete musician
“I work a lot by feeling. I just have to feel it. If I don’t, then I keep trying…I haven’t found it yet. I’m listening all the time, but I haven’t found it…I don’t know what I’m looking for. Something that hasn’t been played before. I don’t know what it is. I know I’ll have [...]
Blooming out of the intensity of the struggle – Charles Lloyd on John Coltrane
“As a child, music set me free. Later, when I was around Trane [tenor saxophonist John Coltrane], he seemed to be the living embodiment of all that I felt the music to be. Blooming out of the intensity of the struggle and the suffering was kindness, compassion, selflessness, truth, love…humor and humility.” – saxophonist Charles [...]
Interpersonal – The I in the GRPI Model
The geese flying south trust each other to spell the lead goose when needed, that the lead goose won’t stay for too long or too short a time, that at a certain point they’ll all need to rest and eat in a safe place before continuing on. And they give each other feedback – you [...]
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GRPI Team Quest: GRPI model and team development tool
The GRPI model is a tool used by teams to increase the effectiveness of their team development, for better project management and many other areas. Developed by Richard Beckhard, the GRPI tool is simple enough to be memorable with enough depth to be useful again and again in a variety of situations. If your team [...]
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Process – The P in the GRPI Model
You hear geese flying south long before you see them. They’re constantly communicating with each other – it’s a very efficient process. I don’t know what they’re communicating, but it clearly works very well. They don’t stop mid-flight to argue about directions, who’s going to make decisions or deal with internal conflict. I’m sure it [...]
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Roles – The R in the GRPI model
The goal is clear for the geese flying south. So are their roles. They each take turns at the front, the most challenging position in the flock. The other geese tuck in behind in each other’s slipstream, drafting each other to conserve strength. The lead goose neither stays too long or too briefly in this [...]
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GRPI Model: An Introduction to the GRPI Tool
The GRPI model is a tool used by teams to increase the effectiveness of their team development, for better project management and many other areas. Developed by Richard Beckhard, the GRPI tool is simple enough to be memorable with enough depth to be useful again and again in a variety of situations. If your team [...]
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How Sinatra taught Lester Young and Miles Davis how to play ballads
“At his home in Queens, a borough of New York City, Lester Young, one of the most original tenor saxophonists in jazz history, was telling me he never played a ballad without first learning the lyrics. I asked him his source for the lyrics. Pointing to a stack of recordings near his chair he said, “Frank [...]
Posted in Music, Passion, Persistence, Purpose Tagged Bono, Larry Grenadier, Lester Young, Miles Davis, Nat Hentoff, Pat Metheny, Sinatra Comments closed
“Like four pistons in an engine” – McCoy Tyner on playing with John Coltrane