This definition of how to learn jazz (from the imitable trumpet player Clark Terry) is often referenced as a way to develop creativity in music.  The same process holds as true in business as it does in the arts. First, we copy others, then absorb and more deeply understand what we are actually doing.  Finally, we are in a position to create something new from that prior model.  I’ve been trying this approach with teaching my children the art of the ‘knock knock’ joke.  … [Read more...]