Empowerment #3: Empowering Teams Through Organizational Improvisation
Organizational Improvisation yields flexible and malleable teams that can maintain operational integrity while morphing the team's structure and execution in response to the changing needs of the situation.
Like a great soccer team (think of the United States Women's World Cup championship soccer team…like watching ballet on the soccer field) or an enthralling jazz ensemble (like Miles Davis or Freddie Hubbard…since I did play jazz trumpet in college), successful organizations embrace Organizational Improvisation or improv. They exhibit the ability to morph the team's structure and operating plans in real-time in response to changing customer and/or operational conditions while maintaining operational integrity.
Teams win games and change the world, not individuals. Yes, there are individuals (Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Elon Musk) who can evangelize...
