How is a film made? It may start with a story or idea from a script writer and/or a Director. Then, a Producer or Production House gets interested. Funding is committed. A diverse Team is assembled. Actors, Screen-play writers, cinematographers, make-up men, art directors, light and sound specialists, and more. They assemble and collaborate and complete the movie.
Amy Wilkinson compares this approach to “Flash Teams” as a network of minds and goes on to explain how creators/explorers rely on them.
Enabled by technology, flash teams provide a new way to network minds to tackle all kinds of challenges. Flash teams come together quickly, go to work, then disband.
Amy gives an example of a Flash Team that got together to help in 2010 Haiti Earthquake. Members come from diverse backgrounds, Microsoft, Navy Doctors, a Scientist from British Antarctic Survey Team, American Red Cross, Tufts University students, Google Earth Product Team Members.
The Team saved hundreds of lives.
Flash teams in first response situations and search-and-rescue operations are born of urgent need; creators are just as likely to assemble project specific teams to seize opportunities. In hospitals, doctors, nurses, technicians and social workers form shifting teams to treat patients individually.
Technology enables creators to form and disband teams on a project-to-project basis in much the same way. With mobile technology, social networking platforms, and other connectivity tools, people can come together for short periods as specialists and work intensively to solve a problem in which they share an interest.
FLASH TEAMS point to the future of work?
A Note of Caution: Pulling together diverse talent to achieve specific goals requires that individuals work quickly and productively together. Creators don’t haphazardly assemble flash teams. They pay attention to team dynamics, often working with a mix of veterans and newcomers at the same time. One only needs to correlate with what a good team can do towards a good and successful movie?
altLearners 