McCartney Times

Kevin Sweeney still remembers the music teacher in junior high who taught him about the Beatles. This was in the mid- to late 1970s, and the teacher was enamored with the Beatles’ creativity and how they were so willing to take their songs in new and unlikely directions.

The group left an impression on Sweeney. “It was a moment of awakening,” says the adjunct lecturer of entrepreneurship at Babson College. “Here I am, 40 some years later, I am still excited about them.”

He’s not the only one. Late last year, Disney released The Beatles: Get Back, a nearly eight-hour documentary that follows the band at work on what was to be the last album they released, Let It Be. Critics and fans pored over the film, which offers an intimate look at the relationships between John, Paul, George, and Ringo, and how they worked together to make music.

“It is a rich, rich documentary,” says William Gartner, Babson’s Bertarelli Foundation Distinguished Professor of Family Entrepreneurship. “There are a lot of things going on.”

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Source: What the Beatles Teach Us About Creativity · Babson Thought & Action