I posed this question to my LinkedIn network:

What is the most improvisational (resourceful/agile/engaging) organization or individual you know, and how has this benefited them?

The most compelling response came from Jesse Silver, a visual effects artist who’s a friend of mine:

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My candidate would be my nephew, Nate. After an A+ academic training, which included the Wharton School Of Business, he stepped away from the rarified world of international finance to pursue his love, baseball. Not as a player exactly, but as one of the most recognized authorities in the world on fantasy baseball. He’s a published author, writes a newspaper column, and is a partner in an online fantasy baseball site, which uses programming that he created to figure the various odds and combinations. (more…)