High Performance Improvisational Teams
I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. Itâs not so important to get the glory. Itâs much more important to get something that works. Itâs a better way to live.
âFreeman Dyson, Scientist
Types of Improvisational Teams
In this chapter, we examine a very special type of high performance team: the improvisational team. What are improvisational teams? These are teams that operate under conditions of dynamic real-time decision making. These range from jazz groups to military platoons, to surgical teams, to a group of fire-fighters (see Table 5.1).
Table 5.1 Examples of improvisational teams
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