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lkrubner · 2015-05-06 · Original thread
About this:

"Why was this process so smooth? The team had never worked together before, and the scenes they were shooting that day required many different complex tasks to happen in harmony: lighting, makeup, hair, costumes, sets, props, acting. "

If the subject actually interests anyone, I strongly recommend the work of Ted Goranson, who has devoted decades to studying this issue:

The Agile Virtual Enterprise: Cases, Metrics, Tools

http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Virtual-Enterprise-Cases-Metrics...

He offers a comparison of modern entrepreneurs and the old sea faring culture, in a small pamphlet called "Whale of a Tale.":

http://www.amazon.co.uk/whale-tale-historical-perspective-Pe...

It is tragic that this pamphlet is now out of print. It was only 25 pages, and did a brilliant job showing how the old laws and cultures of the seafaring nations became the basis for the modern understanding of entrepreneurs.

In his pamphlet, Goranson did a great job of arguing that whaling ships were the worlds first Virtual Agile Enterprises. Very insightful reading.

The whaling ships offered a model for modern Hollywood, and tech startup, culture: lots of skilled professionals, who had never worked together before, coming together and working together smoothly.

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