Making the Case for Applied Improv: How Companies Around the World are Using Improv - The Applied Improvisation Network. “Making the Case for Applied Improv: How Companies Around the World are Using Improv” Hi folks - here are my notes from my presentation at the Applied Improvisation Network's mini-conference in Manila, The Philippines, June 25, 2013. Start with “Let’s pretend” – we’re a group of people in a company/organisation facing a crisis or planning a big event/project.
Participants make suggestions, an improv player responds with “Yes, but…”, then a second round with “Yes, and…”. According to a 2010 IBM survey of more than 1,500 Chief Executive Officers from 60 countries and 33 industries worldwide, “chief executives believe that -- more than rigor, management discipline, integrity or even vision -- successfully navigating an increasingly complex world will require creativity.” Keith Johnstone: “There are people who prefer to say ‘yes’ and there are people who prefer to say ‘no’.
Definition: Applied improvisation is the non-theatrical use of improvisation skills. Why Improv? Teresa Norton, Hong Kong. TEDxCalgary - Nick Nissley - A Story About Leadership for Humanity 3.0. Improv Queen: Tina Fey's Soft, Sloppy Skills Explored | Big Think TV. It wasn't entirely clear whether Amy Poehler and Tina Fey were joking when they suggested they planned to wing it at tonight's Golden Globe Awards. After all, the two Saturday Night Live alums have the chops to pull it off. Of all the awards shows, the Golden Globes is perhaps the most entertaining because it is the sloppiest of the bunch. Not only is it a boozy affair, it is also the least scripted.
Or at least it is hard to tell which moments are scripted. We're excited to see Tina Fey's performance tonight precisely because of how adept she would be in such a situation. While the skills associated with improv can benefit anyone, they are also the hardest skills to acquire. Bob Kulhan, the improv coach who studied under Fey at Chicago’s ImprovOlympic theater, says these so-called "soft skills" are actually "hard skills" because "there’s not an equation to actually talk with somebody and communicate with somebody. " Watch here: Image courtesy of NBC.
(7) Expand Your Story: Improv for Reinvention. 3 Ways Improv Training Can Improve Customer Service. As service designers, we know that frontline staff members are key to any brand experience. They are the ones who interact with customers, respond to customer needs, and ultimately deliver the service. So how can we enable them to play their role naturally and with confidence, to better relate to customers, and to perform at their best in unanticipated scenarios? We believe one answer to that question leads to a snow-covered street in Russia, a few minutes from Red Square, where director Konstantin Stanislavsky helped found the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898. This theater--the site where Anton Chekhov premiered and developed his major plays--revolutionized Western drama, and in turn Western acting techniques and training.
Stanislavsky believed that the magic of theater comes when an audience feels as if the characters on the stage are living the story in front of their eyes, not just reciting a memorized script. The best services are also the ones that feel improvised. 1. 2. 3.