Based in Minneapolis, businessman and bassist Michael Gold is one of North America's leading advocates for using jazz to inspire new thinking on business and management. 

"Jazz is the only modern art form that has reached beyond itself in defining a system of collaborative improvisation. Jazz is the sound of people negotiating change. It's an international language for fusing design, manufacturing, and implementation into one multifaceted process. The tools jazz musicians use embody a tradition based on the principles of alignment, self-initiative, experimentation, and cross-functional understanding - principles that have become imperatives for business in the 21st century."

For more on Gold's thinking and approach, visit www.jazz-impact.com.