The Rise of Flash Teams

Using software, businesses are turning to flash teams and swarming to complete complex projects quickly and efficiently. Flash teams use crowdsourcing to find specialists and assemble an external team with the flexibility to rejigger it, as needed. Swarms form quickly, attack a challenge, then dissipate, relying on expertise it lacks in-house. Software allows groups to form swarms that work in concert to answer questions, reach decisions, and make predictions. This new way of working can also save lives, as a group of doctors and radiologists reviewing mammograms with computational software can surpass the accuracy of doctors working alone.