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Planning at the speed of now, with your reputation as collateral.
means Making something up on the spot — creating or performing without preparation, using only what's at hand.
from From Latin improvisus, 'unforeseen' — in turn from in- ('not') plus provisus, 'foreseen, provided for' (the past participle of providere, 'to see ahead,' the same root that gives us 'provide' and 'provision'). So to improvise is, literally, to act on what was not provided for — the word itself admits there was no plan.
- jazz rule
- There are no wrong notes, only choices
- improv comedy
- Built on yes, and, not contradiction
- word twin
- Shares a root with improvident, meaning reckless
- neuroscience finding
- Jazz musicians improvising show lowered brain self-monitoring activity