The Partial Observer published an article of mine today about orchestras and competition. Although I doubt we’ll ever see direct competition between orchestras, the business already has quite a few similarities to professional athletics, especially in the realm of attracting and retaining talent. It’s worth your time to give the article a read, plus you’ll

Yesterday’s article, When Best Practices Aren’t, has generated some intriguing comments. If you read the article before most of the comments were posted, do yourself a favor and give them a read: comments

"Best Practices" is a popular buzzword combo throughout the business these days. Answers.com defines Best Practice as a "term which refers to those practices that have produced outstanding results in another situation and that could be adapted for our situation". Unfortunately, I see too many examples in this business of organizations rushing to implement a

The Dallas Morning News published a piece by Scott Cantrell about the departure of Katherine Akos, president and CEO of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. You know it’s going to be a good piece when the article begins with the line…