Keith Jarreth e as PME (parte III)

 Parte I e parte II.

"When we see skilled performers succeeding in difficult circumstances, we habitually describe them as having triumphed over adversity, or despite the odds. But that’s not always the right perspective. Jarrett didn’t produce a good concert in trying times. He produced the performance of a lifetime, but the shortcomings of the piano actually helped him.
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The substandard instrument forced Jarrett away from the tinny high notes and into the middle register. His left hand produced rumbling, repetitive bass riffs as a way of covering up the piano’s lack of resonance. Both of these elements gave the performance an almost trancelike quality. That might have faded into wallpaper music, but Jarrett couldn’t drop anchor in that comfortable musical harbor, because the piano simply wasn’t loud enough.
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“What’s important to understand is the proportion between the instrument and the magnitude of the hall,” recalls Vera Brandes. “Jarrett really had to play that piano very hard to get enough volume to get to the balconies. He was really—pchow—pushing the notes down.”
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Standing up, sitting down, moaning, writhing, Jarrett didn’t hold back in any way as he pummeled the unplayable piano to produce something unique. It wasn’t the music that he ever imagined playing. But handed a mess, Keith Jarrett embraced it, and soared.
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Keith Jarrett’s instinct was not to play, and it’s an instinct that most of us would share. We don’t want to work with bad tools, especially when the stakes are so high. But in hindsight, Jarrett’s instinct was wrong. What if our own similar instincts are also wrong, and in a much wider range of situations?"

Agora, a situação de Keith Jarrett começa a ter semelhanças com a mensagem do livro de Malcom Gladwell sobre David e Golias...
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Quantas PME, quando o mundo muda, e o mundo muda cada vez mais e mais depressa, não querem mudar, lutam contra a necessidade de mudar ou pedem ao governo um apoio para que não precisem de mudar?
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E as que mudam e descobrem que depois da tempestade chegam a um porto melhor do que o anterior?