The Jets faced off against Peyton Manning and his Indianapolis Colts in 2003. To win, Herm needed his team to learn their playbooks like the back of their hands. The need for this kind of hyper preparedness became clear in the 2003 postseason.
All great teams need to improvise under pressure, but underpinning this should be a set of tried-and-tested playbooks that let you orchestrate and replicate winning strategies. Cisco's John Chambers created a library of living playbooks — covering culture, acquisitions, crises, and more — to astounding effect as he took Cisco from a small tech supplier to the most valuable company on the planet.
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