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In this project we aim to analyze 'honest signals' between Jazz musicians by using sociometric badges with the goal of identifying structural properties of self-organizing creative teams. In particular, we are interested in the pre-requisites for 'flow,' the state of work where 'time flies,' and workers are at their most-productive best. We extend the concept of individual 'flow' as defined by Csikszentmihalyi (Flow: the psychology of optimal experience. Harper Row, New York, ) to the group level (Sawyer in Group creativity: music, theater, collaboration. Psychology Press, Oxford, ; Group genius: the creative power of collaboration. Basic Books, New York, ), trying to identify some of the conditions indicative of the group flow state. We speculate that a band of Jazz musicians is particularly well suited to study group flow, because they are an archetype of a self-organizing creative team, involved in highly creatively work while passing leadership of the tune for the solo part from one band member to the next. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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