Dalam buku ini, John Kao menggunakan metafora "Jamming"—sebuah istilah yang dipinjam dari dunia musik jazz—untuk menjelaskan bagaimana perusahaan dapat memupuk dan mengelola kreativitas. Saat musisi jazz melakukan jam session, mereka berimprovisasi secara bebas dan spontan, namun tetap memiliki kerangka harmoni, aturan dasar, dan disiplin yang kuat agar musik yang dihasilkan tetap terdengar…
For the past fourteen years, in his Harvard Business School lectures and executive seminars, John Kao has challenged management to exploit the most valuable asset in the corporation: the creative minds of its people. Like jazz musicians in a jam session - playing off one another to create new sounds, at once unpredictable and harmonious - managers themselves must master the skills of creativity…