by Paul Z Jackson | May 3, 2025 | Blog, Creativity, Improvisation
What happens to you when you make a mistake? Do you have tendencies towards perfectionism? And, if so, what’s a life-enhancing response for dealing with it?
In our improv courses, we’ll explore how mistakes can become creative springboards – not setbacks.
by Paul Z Jackson | Apr 2, 2025 | Blog, Facilitation
Are you ever at the beginning of a meeting, all too aware of a burning problem, and filled with a desire to do something, your firefighting instinct pulsating?
How about changing up the narrative and easing into the conversation?
by Paul Z Jackson | Mar 31, 2025 | Blog, Creativity, Improvisation
The most famous phrase in Improvisation circles is ‘Yes… And’.
It’s a phrase that reeks of positivity. It’s grammatically positive, with a resounding ‘Yes’ chasing away any ‘But’ or a ‘No’.
And yet there are limits to the value of ‘positivity’ alone..
by Paul Z Jackson | Mar 6, 2025 | Blog, Musings
Kind associates sometimes tell me I’m good at facilitating, training, coaching, writing, inspiring projects and the like – but no one has ever mentioned an appreciation of my marketing prowess.
Read on for a few top-of-my-head chart contenders..
by Paul Z Jackson | Feb 11, 2025 | Blog, Improvisation
One of my improvisation recommendations is to ‘Inhabit the moment’.
What are your stories of inhabiting the moment?