by Paul Z Jackson | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Facilitation, Improvisation, Uncategorised
A fellow facilitator described how he had worked with a high-performing team and tested the team with an activity with which some of you may be familiar.
It’s called ‘Telephone’ and it involves each player in the team passing a mimed
by Paul Z Jackson | Sep 3, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Improvisation, Leadership, Storytelling, Storytelling
Your storytelling is more than just the story “The art of storytelling is centred on the storyteller’s involvement with character and plot. He cannot, in James Joyce’s words, sit back godlike and pare his fingernails. He must have an attitude towards...
by Paul Z Jackson | Aug 20, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Facilitation, Uncategorised
When developing an agenda for a government-backed think-tank event on innovation, in climate risk insurance practices, we were wondering what would make for stimulating activities between facilitating heavy rounds of technical discussions.
Breaking up proceedings with a ‘two-minute chat-to-your-neighbour’ break seemed ideal, but we had to make a careful choice of topics.
by Paul Z Jackson | Aug 7, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Improvisation, Uncategorised
I’m always glad to see new books about applying improvisation. From a random dip, there’s a lot to like in Jeff Katzman and Dan O’Connor’s ‘Life Unscripted’. I was particularly looking forward to this one as I’ve enjoyed watching Dan perform and was glad to see he might be combining an improviser’s insight with those of his psychotherapist co-author.
by Paul Z Jackson | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Improvisation, Uncategorised
Why it’s important to celebrate risk-taking rather than mistakes or failure It’s in our nature to make mistakes, notably in everyday life. We pour the wrong drink, utter an incorrect word and leave the house without an umbrella. We get unintentionally overcharged, on...
by Paul Z Jackson | Jul 18, 2019 | Blog, Creativity, Improvisation |
Playing to play – on and off the sports field One of my favourite tenets of Applied Improvisation (AI) is ‘Play to Play’. It reminds us that most people play most games to win – which, to be fair, is inherent in the nature of many games. Take...