{"id":477,"date":"2006-10-23T18:27:34","date_gmt":"2006-10-23T18:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2006\/10\/the-jazz-conduc.html"},"modified":"2006-10-23T18:27:34","modified_gmt":"2006-10-23T18:27:34","slug":"the-jazz-conduc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2006\/10\/the-jazz-conduc.html","title":{"rendered":"The Jazz Conductor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/rabblerouser.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"303\" alt=\"Rabblerouser\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/rabblerouser.jpg\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> I love this picture!<\/p>\n<p>John Allen&#8217;s authorized biography of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu, is fresh off the press and chapter 9 has a suprising title&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">The Jazz Conductor<\/span> <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The following excerpt captures leadership style of Tutu.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&quot;He would say, &quot;Do it.&nbsp; I&#8217;m not here to spoon-feed you.&quot;&nbsp; Ordinary guys blossomed.&nbsp; Tutu made everybody feel like somebody.&nbsp; Then he would give meaning to what you did and elevate it to a higher level.&nbsp; In that free-flowing style, he was like a jazz conductor&#8230;He said, &quot;You improvise.&quot;&nbsp; If you do it well, he&#8217;ll be happy and boast about it.&nbsp; If you go beyond his bounds, you spoil the whole thing.&nbsp; If you anger him, his wrath would bring you into line.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jazz&#8230;birthed in America, blessing the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love this picture! 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