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Improvisation
One Foot in Calm, One in Action: The Nervous System of Improvisation
Improvisation is more than creativity or performance — it’s a way of staying calm, connected and responsive under pressure. Drawing on Polyvagal Theory, this article explores how improv helps us balance safety, energy and social connection in everyday life.
Crossing the Line – From Practice to Real Life
Applied Improvisation works best when facilitators understand the difference between practising a skill and discussing real workplace issues. This article explores how to manage that balance to create safer, more effective and more engaging learning experiences.
Take a Moment to Decide
We often rush decisions just to escape uncertainty but that instinct can limit better outcomes. This article explores epoché, the practice of suspending judgement and how delaying commitment (without drifting) can lead to clearer thinking and smarter decisions.
How to be AI-literate
Being AI literate means using it for clarity, planning and synthesis, while recognising its limits. It’s about understanding strengths and risks, and keeping human judgement, responsibility and decision-making central.
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.
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..
Enter the archives now and then
One of my improvisation recommendations is to ‘Inhabit the moment’.
What are your stories of inhabiting the moment?
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