Raz Yitzhaki

Educator/Teacher, Musician

Raz Yitzhaki is an innovative lecturer in the business sector inspiring managers about leadership, innovation, and teamwork through Jazz. He is an experienced music educator specialising in creative thinking in jazz and popular idioms. Yitzhaki is the author of “Jazz Improvisation, Basis, and Theory”. He has a PhD in musicology from Bar Ilan University and M.Ed in Music Education from the Levinsky College of Education. He is a lecturer at the Music Department, Bar Ilan University and former head of the jazz department in the Tel Aviv High School of Arts. Yitzhaki is an active jazz pianist and an enthusiastic lecturer on jazz culture, spreading his passion among audiences.

Jazz Is a surprising inspiration for innovative leadership and teamwork. Jazz reflects the dynamics of life. But I also believe that jazz can be seen as a philosophy, a way of life.

Why should we lead our innovative teams like jazz groups? How to practice creative jam session strategies in our business? What insights redefine the role of managers as conductors of creative teamwork?

creativity, epistemology, innovation, jazz, leadership, music, pedagogy, teamwork