Play Well with Others:
Improvisational Theater and
Collaboration in the
Homeland Security Environment
Andrew J. Phelps
City of Santa Fe
Office of Emergency Management
Collaboration is kind of important…
From: www.nola.com
From: trincoll.edu
Collaboration is kind of important…
From: www.nola.com
From: trincoll.edu
Collaboration is kind of important…
From: www.nola.com
From: trincoll.edu
Who is really good at
collaborating?
Who is really good at
collaborating?
From: tvtropes.com
Can improvisational theater
principles be applied to the
homeland security collaborative
environment?
Models of Collaboration
• Eugene Bardach and the Craftsmanship
Theory
From: Getting agencies to work together. The practice and theory of managerial
craftsmanship (Badrach)
Models of Collaboration
• Barbara Gray’s Model of Collaboration
Three Phases of Collaboration:
- Problem Setting
- Direction Setting
- Structuring
Models of Collaboration
• Hocevar, Thomas, and Jansen Interorganizational Collaborative Capacity Model
From: Inter-organizational collaboration: Addressin
the challenge (Hocevar, et al.)
I thought this was about
improvisation?!
I thought this was about
improvisation?!
•
•
•
•
•
Principles of Improvisational Theater
Progress the Action
Yes, and…
Allow What is Presented to Change You
Make your Fellow Players Look Brilliant
Serve the Good of the Whole
So What?
A Case
Study:
From: ehstoday.com
So What?
So What?
Now, I’ll need
a volunteer…
From: Reuters.com
What I hope happened…
Thank you!
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @andrewjphelps
Paper available at the Homeland Security Digital
Library: www.HSDL.org