Introduction—Jazz Improvisation as a Metaphor for Organization Theory
Published Online:1 Oct 1998https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.9.5.539
Abstract
The 1996 annual report of the LEGO Corporation featured the top management team decked out as a jazz ensemble with the CEO, Kjeld Møller Pedersen, playing the saxophone. The CEO of LEGO used the occasion to highlight his belief and expectation that improvisation is an art form that needs to become the hallmark of all levels of management, beginning at the top.
