OK Michael, let's start out part 2 by talking a little about "way out" jazz as you call it. First of all since the late forties there have been experiments with free improvisation, meaning using ...

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Ultimately, I believe it was the ability of organizations to effectively engage in sensemaking and rapid adaptation through improvisation.