Researcher Says Entrepreneurs’ Ability to Improvise Is Key to Success

For more than 20 years, Anne S. Miner has researched how some business leaders have the skills to act successfully without planning. She has examined ways that entrepreneurs in particular develop skills for successful improvisation. Miner is the Ford Motor Co. Distinguished Chair in Management and Human resources at the Wisconsin School of Business

Her work on the role of improvisation is attracting national attention. WomenEntrepreneur.Com recently interviewed her on the role of improvisation. In the article, the Wisconsin School of Business— along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Duke— was identified as a leading business school, in terms of coursework addressing the role of improvisation.

Read the article: Acting Without Planning