I’ve just posted a couple of interesting articles at the Applied Improv Blog. The first by Izzy Gezell, looks at how Improv is used to support teamwork. The second, by Prof Mary Crossan, explores the range of ways Improv skills are central to supporting innovation in organisations.
Magic, relationship and changing status
leaving your props behind
feeling the power of presence… and what it really means to ‘read the room.’
we’re hungry for connection
What brings conversations to life is often missed when we aim too high
What I learned singing to strangers on the subway, and why emotional connections matters even more in a hi-tech era.
When facilitating, more and more I want to sense the next move at my fingertips
Letting go in order to get in flow…
A funny game illustrates what we may be missing in many of our meetings
Managing anxiety is a familiar challenge for facilitators.
how even the subtlest shifts in conversation can generate a different response from an audience
I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being the CEO. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but
Acknowledging other people’s experience can be remarkably powerful, especially in situations of conflict. Yet it’s something we as a race are incredibly bad at doing.
In this podcast I talk with Rob Paterson and Neil Perkin about agility in organisations. This was sparked by Neil’s post about agile planning – ways for organisations to respond
