"Those who have used music metaphors to describe working together, especially jazz metaphors, are sensing the nature of this quantum world [where small activities affect others, even across distance].  This world demands that we be present together, and be willing to improvise.  We agree on the melody, tempo, and key, and then we play.  We listen carefully, we communicate constantly, and suddenly, there is music, possibilities beyond anything we imagined.  The music comes from somewhere else, from a unified whole we have accessed among ourselves, a relationship that transcends our false sense of separateness.  When the music appears, we can't help but be amazed and grateful."

Leadership and the New Science, by Margaret J. Wheatley.