Alright, this will probably ruffle a few feathers, but hey, someone’s gotta say it.
You know Beethoven, right? Mozart? No? Seriously? Fine, Hans Zimmer? If none of these names ring a bell, then honestly, what rock are you living under?
These guys are not just musicians. They’re composers, the real masterminds. You see, people like these don’t just grab a bunch of random instruments and hope for the best. They pick, arrange, and layer sounds with insane precision, knowing exactly how each one fits into the bigger picture. Strings, brass, percussion, each section bringing its own vibe, its own strength. Some instruments steal the show; some stay quietly in the background. But every single one of them matters.
When you listen to a beautiful piece of music, the kind that gives you goosebumps or maybe reminds you of your toxic ex, you’re not hearing just one instrument doing all the work. You’re hearing a symphony, a group of instruments blending together, each adding something unique to the final masterpiece.
Think about violins and violas. If you’re a layman, good luck telling them apart. Then throw in a cello, all looking suspiciously similar and hitting notes that live close together. But take even one of them away, and the music instantly feels… empty. And then there’s the harp, that one instrument you all pretend to know how it actually sounds. Yet there it is, quietly plucking away, weaving its soft melodies into the harmony, making everything sound just a little bit more magical.
That’s how great music is made, not one person doing everything, but a bunch of people playing different instruments, creating something bigger and more beautiful than any one of them could do alone.
This exact same principle applies to how companies should operate. You bring together people with overlapping and complementary skills, all working together to create a harmonious, efficient, beautiful operation. A symphony of work.
But sadly, we completely mess this up. Instead of building a team, we hand one poor soul a violin and ask them to also cover the cello. Oh, and while they’re at it, we want them to jump on the drums or maybe throw some Jimmy Page artistry into the mix. And somehow, we expect them to produce Mozart-level masterpieces. I guess we all know how this show ends.
Now, let’s look at marketing for example. We hire one person and expect them to come up with full-blown marketing strategies, write killer ad copy, design jaw-dropping graphics, manage every social media channel, run paid advertising campaigns, master SEO like an Egyptian god, rule events like a gladiator entering the arena, conduct deep-dive market research, and oh yeah, go viral on TikTok too, because why not? Basically, you expect that one person to run the whole orchestra.
And then we’re somehow surprised when things don’t sound right. Projects stall, people burn out, others quit. That magical music we hoped for? Well, it ends up sounding like someone smashing pots and pans in the kitchen, or worse, like a Form One kid whacking a desk and calling it “a banger.”
So, here’s the thing, if you want a real symphony, you need a full orchestra. If you want great work, you need a full team, not one exhausted superhero duct-taped to twentyleven job titles. Spread the workload and let people focus on what they do best. Let them add their own magic, their own sound, their own brilliance to the bigger picture.
When you do that, the result won’t just be better. It’ll be musical.
