In 1989, one
evening as the roars of protests in Germany which the world was
witnessing, took a surprising turn. While once people were shot for
jumping the Berlin Wall, the gates had now been opened, as a gleeful crowd from
East and West Germany stood on the wall and asserted themselves and their right
to be one. Dismantling it by hand and hammers, the crowd could be stopped at
nothing.
The iconic moment when the wall fell was
best captured by music that has since rocked our world. One of the best known music
of that era was “Winds of Change” by Scorpions. While the song celebrated
'Glasnost', then-USSR's decision to improve government transparency, the German
classic rock band's iconic song is best known for the footage of the Berlin
wall collapsing at the end, symbolizing the moment when history was created.
"Let your Balaikas sing, what my guitar want to say" roars the band's
frontman Klaus Meine in his distinctive voice. "Take me to the magic of
the moment/On a glory night/Where the children of tomorrow dream away/in the
wind of change," the song goes, as bit by bit, the Berlin Wall
comes undone.
Music has magical capabilities. They can
lift the moods and express deepest of feelings with quintessential ease. Music
has exciting capabilities and singing humans can cover difficult miles with
great ease. Armies march on tunes, wars are fought with battle cries and
motivational music. Sports utilize the power of music to boost up adrenalin. Music
is virtually everywhere in the human arena. Birds sing, animals respond to
songs, human children act playfully on their favorite songs and even blowing
wind can create musical sounds.
More and more humans are seen with
headphones as music rules the battery power of their smart devices. Plethora of
radio stations, Radio Jockeys and Genres have emerged which keep humans hooked
onto the music of their likes. A favorite song can help rejuvenate ideas. Many
humans are able to forget their pains and begin exercising as music lift up
their fledgling energies and pained bodies. What music cannot achieve today?
There is probably no dimension wherein music does not have a role and this is
true from times immemorial.
Who would have discovered music? How
music became the backbone of life’s existence? These questions can be an
interesting study. It therefore emerges that music is omnipresent and can help
scale heights. Can managers of today benefit from music? After all, each one of
them listens to some music or the other! If a Manager can remain excited and focused
in his personal life through music, then he can try to utilize the same music
to remain focused even in his professional life.
It is seen every day that people enter
the work places with headphones. They have a stoic facial expression till the headphone
is in their ears. They reach the attendance biometrics, take off the headphone
and the human inside them emerges out. The work place heat increases and then
the battles begin- the so called Corporate Battles. Every organization lays
down processes. These processes are like music if followed. A good process can
lead to an easy professional life and work gets finished within laid down
timings. A derailed process rings in utter chaos and the music vanishes. It
escalates the bickering and annoyance. Mayhem sets in and it is a known fact
that in chaos the costs rise. Failures take place without any pattern and the organization
suffers.
The theories of management define that organization
is an organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business
or government department. Organisation is also defined as the action of organizing
something. Nothing can be organized in chaos and mayhem, right? So, why do
humans who call themselves as Managers do not let music flow into their organizational
activities whilst they spend so much of their time in listening to music. Every
weekend majority of them unwind by listening to music and jiving on its tunes!
What prevents them from following the simple tunes of music into their work
places and work ethics?
It is amply clear that the some costs
have to be increased and some costs have to be decreased to gain the maximum
profits. If the input costs can be tackled with musical processes then the competition
of increasing the margins can be achieved easily within the organization
itself. Any task completed well ahead of schedule and within laid down input
costs can always give better output costs. Who can deny the profit then? Smooth
and clean processes can bring prosperity and the organizations can reap greater
dividends. So, why not push Managers to understand the Organizational Music?
Each one of them has to be aligned right from the inception into the
Organisation to understand the theme music of the Organisation. If he
understand, we’ll continue and if he does not then it is better that he moves
to find an organizational music of his choice.
Do you really need maximum profits? If
yes, then check out the music playing around in your organization and tune it
so that each manager enjoys the same tune. Let go of those who do not
understand or enjoy the tune for they have to find other organizations of their
own ilk and choice.
Do you have it in you, eh? Have you
identified your music? If yes, then show the jive and make your teams
understand that music. Let them jive to the tune. Come on, it is just music.
