Sublime

LISTENING FOR PASSION and commitment is the practice of the silent conductor whether the players are sitting in the orchestra, on the management team, or on the nursery floor. How can this leader know how well he is fulfilling his intention? He can look in the eyes of the players and prepare to ask himself, “Who am I being that they are not shining

Martha Argerich.

the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. He is a frequent speaker at TED conferences, with more than 5 million views of his talks. In addition to publishing 33 books via his company Wood Egg, he is the author of Anything You Want, a collection of short life lessons that I’ve read at least a dozen times. I still have an early draft wi

When I teach at George Brown College in Toronto, I make all of my students practice swinging. I choreograph three pieces over the semester, where they are only in two. They must then create a Swing book for the piece they have not been choreographed in, and at the exam, I “swing” them into the piece to see how they do. It’s a skill that you end up