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Say Less, Do More – The Art of Incremental Briefing
Boost engagement and flow with practical facilitation techniques from the Inspirational Facilitator download package.
Stretch, Don’t Sabotage
Overloading workshop participants teaches frustration, not agility.
Well-calibrated stretch builds confidence, capability and shared success – especially through improv.
Selecting activities for leadership outcomes
Unlock the power of purposeful improvisation in leadership. Learn how to select the right activities for trust, communication, confidence and collaboration – and turn every exercise into meaningful, real-world learning.
Connection Through Improvisation: How Leaders Build Trust
Leaders thrive when they create genuine connection. Discover how simple improv structures strengthen trust, boost collaboration and build real-world leadership capability.
Improvising With Uncertainty: How Playful Experiences Build Skills and Confidence
Discover why uncertainty isn’t a threat but a powerful catalyst for learning, agility and creativity.
Confidence Isn’t Something You Have – It’s Something You Do
If we treat confidence as something we do rather than as an inner quality that we ‘have’, we can achieve extraordinary results in our everyday interactions.
Join the Anti-Perfectionism League
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.
Making better decisions – flying from a foundation of resourcefulness
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?
Positive Thinking or Possibility Stance?
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..
What do I know about marketing?
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..
Enter the archives now and then
One of my improvisation recommendations is to ‘Inhabit the moment’.
What are your stories of inhabiting the moment?
How to be terrific in traffic
Ever been stuck in traffic and felt your stress levels rise? Here’s a lesson I learned on staying calm and resourceful when things don’t go as planned.
By inhabiting the present moment, we can shift from panic to presence, finding clarity and focus even in the most unexpected situations.
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