Heroic Improvisation:  Building Heroic Communities to Respond to Disaster - Mary Tyszkiewicz
Channel: AINx Talks
Date: 01/09/2013

Disaster situations are high-stakes environments -- where decisions made have consequences for life and property.  The heroic improvisation process I will describe shows how can we foster a supportive collective decision making environment in hostile circumstances for creativity. 

In a disaster, fear can be used as a guide to what is necessary.  Practicing fearlessness in a group gives access to imagination for fresh responses in disasters.  The result of fearlessness is capacity to be completely adaptable because group creates space for something new to happen.

The key to create creativity in disaster is to practice as individuals and community teams.  The heroic improvisation process demands skills on three levels:  honing individual players, building spontaneous teams, and testing experienced teams.  


Dr. Mary Tyszkiewicz uses twenty years of policy research for the US Government to create exercises for elected officials to practice crisis decision making during disasters using improv techniques.

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