Roger Nierenberg Symphony Conductor

Roger Nierenberg, a veteran orchestra conductor and creator of The Music Paradigm, uses a symphony orchestra to reveal concepts and techniques that will help improve your organization’s speed, agility and resilience. His customized presentations pinpoint key behaviors connected to leadership and collaboration and brings them to life with fascinating, interactive examples.

The participants’ attention is drawn to fascinating and unexpected organizational dynamics within the ensemble, revealing what makes organizations excel, and what may keep them from performing at their best.

Nierenberg and The Music Paradigm were the focus of a PBS NewsHour segment with Paul Solman and a one-hour prime time television broadcast on the BBC’s Money Programme. Nierenberg is also the author of Maestro: A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening which was awarded Best Leadership Book of 2009 by 800-CEO-READ. His programs consistently receive top ratings at conferences throughout the world, and he has presented to hundreds of different organizations, from civic groups to Fortune 500 companies, in twenty-three different countries.

The Music Paradigm is offered in four customizable formats.

• The original interactive program with a live professional orchestra integrated among your people
• A keynote speech utilizing carefully selected video examples from The Music Paradigm library
•  “Tuning In: Understanding the mindsets & behaviors of high performing teams” - A program using a chamber music ensemble of 4-6 musicians, focusing on collaboration
• Virtual platform option (see separate description page)

With each option, your event is designed to address your organization’s specific challenges and support your aspirations. By examining these professional musicians in an orchestral or chamber music setting, you see your own organization and your behaviors more clearly than if you had focused on them directly. Nierenberg skillfully draws out observations from the participants, leading to lessons and insights that can be applied to help develop and strengthen any organization. 

Additional, customized offerings can supplement and extend the learning from The Music Paradigm in a variety of ways. Some examples of work done with past partners include:

• “Behind the Baton” where your group is invited to observe the orchestra’s rehearsal and receive a separate briefing/debriefing from the conductor, prior to the primary program
• Video lessons, designed specifically for your organization 
• Extended breakouts/consulting

Roger Nierenberg, creator and conductor of The Music Paradigm, has led hundreds of interactive learning experiences for clients across the globe.

Maestro Nierenberg's stellar career, transforming both musical and business entities, has reflected a sustained belief that profound adversity can lead to unexpected creativity.

The events of 2020 temporarily eliminated the possibility of delivering live public events. Rising to these challenging circumstances, Maestro Nierenberg and his team have evolved and expanded The Music Paradigm’s offerings to support continued learning, while protecting the safety of audiences.

Through a fully virtual platform, The Music Paradigm now offers interactive learning sessions. Each session, conducted by Maestro Nierenberg, features a live presentation with videos of pivotal exchanges with professional orchestras, and includes open, two-way engagement with your online attendees. 

Through this hybrid approach, merging live engagement and recorded supporting vignettes, The Music Paradigm delivers transformational leadership lessons aimed at instilling higher aspirations and improved engagement across audiences. Each session incorporates self-learning tools to help convert the concepts raised into action. 

Every Music Paradigm session is designed around each client’s key business and cultural drivers. As a result, no two sessions are ever the same.

A partial list of some of the more frequent focus areas:

• The Surprising Power of Listening
• Mastering the Rhythm of Team Engagement
• Driving Impact through Releasing Control
• Balancing Direction and Discovery
• Instilling a Vision to Reach a Destination