Yes to the Mess Quotes

“You say yes to the mess by surrendering control-by opening yourself up to the capriciousness of the crowd, with no guarantee of success for your efforts. Ultimately, that takes one quality above all others: courage.”
― Frank J. Barrett, Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz

“Instead of looking at leadership as decision making—as a rational process of sifting through data, analyzing trends, and making decisions based on predicting futures—a design framework emphasizes pragmatic experimentation.”
― Frank J. Barrett, Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz