There is no shortage of improvisation in business.   The challenge is doing it well.  If you improvise well, you will be consistently productive, generate wealth over time, and have the ability to maintain your independence.  Improvise poorly and you are a drain on productivity, dependent on wealth generated by others, and develop habits that conceal your shortcomings instead of displaying your skills.

In the Networked World businesspeople not only need the ability to improvise well, the environment demands systems and processes to replace the tired and increasingly ineffective methodologies of the Industrial Age,  systems and processes that bring discipline, structure and consistent performance to the googly dynamics of networks. (more…)