The Provisional

Lighting a counter fire, or: how does creativity emerge in an emergency situation?

Episode Summary

What does creativity need to emerge in an emergency situation? I try to answer this question through examples from fire fighting and kayaking, along with film scenes from World War Z, Titanic and Jaws. Possible answers are simple and challenging at the same time.

Episode Notes

Sorry for the delay of this episode. I was dealing with an important family matter.

"Lighting a counter fire, or: What conditions are necessary for creativity to emerge in an emergency situation?" 

This is the central question of this episode, and of the podcast in general, and I address it through examples from fire fighting and kayaking, along with film scenes from World War Z, Titanic and Jaws.

Possible answers are simple and challenging at the same time. 

Sources used:

Film:

Jaws (1975), directed bySteven Spielberg, United States, Universal Pictures, with Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss

Titanic (1997), directed by James Cameron, United States, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet

World War Z (2013), directed by Marc Foster, United States, Skydance Productions a.o., Paramount Pictures, with Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos

More information about the Mann Gulch fire: 

Weick, K. E. (1996). Drop your tools: An allegory for organizational studies.Administrative Science Quarterly; June, 41, 2, S. 301- 313.

About fire safety:

https://ssl.eas.ualberta.ca/safety/26-fire-safety/?utm

Sound: 

lg water3.wav by lgarrett -- https://freesound.org/s/17143/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Music: 

roboduck by airtone (c) copyright 2023 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. https://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/66098