Music can be a powerful tool for improving team performance, increasing motivation, reducing stress, and promoting a more positive atmosphere. Have you used music to motivate your team? How do you choose the type of music to use? What results have you achieved? Saving Changes...
usually consider the team's preferences and the kind of task at hand. For focused tasks, we might go for soft instrumental or music that keeps people in the zone without being distracting. For more active, hands-on work like field deployment or setup activities, something more rhythmic and energetic works best.
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1 reply by Verónica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz
Aug 07, 2025 10:03 AM
Verónica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz
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Good tips Nasiru. It's true that symphonic music is known as a medium of relaxation, giving calm and reducing anxiety. Rhythmic music for the other part, encourages the action and movement. White noise is also used by some people to improve concentration.
usually consider the team's preferences and the kind of task at hand. For focused tasks, we might go for soft instrumental or music that keeps people in the zone without being distracting. For more active, hands-on work like field deployment or setup activities, something more rhythmic and energetic works best.
Good tips Nasiru. It's true that symphonic music is known as a medium of relaxation, giving calm and reducing anxiety. Rhythmic music for the other part, encourages the action and movement. White noise is also used by some people to improve concentration. Saving Changes...
Product Operations Program ManagerBarcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Music is definitely a powerful tool that can enhance performance; I run faster when I listen to rock music than when I don't.
Having said that, music doesn't play a role at work. I am genuinely interested in peers who have incorporated music in their projects. It sounds good (never better said) but I struggle to envision how it could be applied.
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1 reply by Verónica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz
Oct 16, 2025 11:43 AM
Verónica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz
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Thanks, Eduard, for sharing your experience with rock music.
Yes, there are studies that relate music to good performance and satisfaction, like this: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9855069/
Music is definitely a powerful tool that can enhance performance; I run faster when I listen to rock music than when I don't.
Having said that, music doesn't play a role at work. I am genuinely interested in peers who have incorporated music in their projects. It sounds good (never better said) but I struggle to envision how it could be applied.
Thanks, Eduard, for sharing your experience with rock music.
Yes, there are studies that relate music to good performance and satisfaction, like this: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9855069/ Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Using music can indeed be positive for emotions, stress relief, team identification, and more. I experimented with music while waiting for a webinar to start to overcome the silence. We often hear motivational songs at celebrations and events (We Are the Champions, Stayin' Alive, and such). Frank Saladis used to sing to his guitar at his conferences speeches
In practice, working remotely, different individual preferences, and the quest for silence in an office make music a selective instrument.
Another idea is to choose a team-specific music for identification, like a team motto, a team mascot, or other community-building symbols.
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1 reply by Verónica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz
Oct 16, 2025 3:27 PM
Verónica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz
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Thanks, Thomas, for sharing your experience with music at work and showing us these "Dream, believe, achieve" and "The project manager blues" songs. Both are excellent.
Using music can indeed be positive for emotions, stress relief, team identification, and more. I experimented with music while waiting for a webinar to start to overcome the silence. We often hear motivational songs at celebrations and events (We Are the Champions, Stayin' Alive, and such). Frank Saladis used to sing to his guitar at his conferences speeches
In practice, working remotely, different individual preferences, and the quest for silence in an office make music a selective instrument.
Another idea is to choose a team-specific music for identification, like a team motto, a team mascot, or other community-building symbols.
Thanks, Thomas, for sharing your experience with music at work and showing us these "Dream, believe, achieve" and "The project manager blues" songs. Both are excellent. Saving Changes...
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