creativity

Humor at Work: Creativity Warm-ups for Marketers

December 8, 2009

New York, NY – It’s not always easy to come up with some actionable marketing strategies in a one-day brainstorming off-site. That’s why the digital marketing group of one of the biggest marketing companies in the world asked me to kick off their all-day session with some creativity warm-ups. Drawing inspiration from improv and stand-up, [...]

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Humor at Work: Energizers for IT Professionals

November 6, 2009

New York, NY – Often times the first activity of an off-site can set the tone for the rest of the event. This was the case for a recent off-site I attended where I lead a group of IT Professionals through a 20-minute set of energizing exercises to kick-off the event. After going through some [...]

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90% of What You Write is Crap

October 28, 2009

In the world of comedy, the general consensus is that 90% of what you write will not be good enough. Whether you are a new comedian writing stand-up, a writer creating a Letterman Top 10 list or a Best-Selling author penning short stories, you’ll typically only use 10% of what you write. The same applies [...]

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101 Ways to Create Humor at Work

September 24, 2009

With all of the benefits to having humor in the workplace, every office could stand to have a little more fun.  But how do you incorporate humor into the corporate world?  It’s easier than you might think. From individual activities such as reading office jokes, to team-building games using improv, to community-wide fun at work [...]

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Life Lessons from Improv Wisdom

August 17, 2009

Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up, by Patricia Ryan Madson, is a great read that translates the powerful concepts of improv into life lessons from which everyone can benefit. At only 159 pages, Patricia is able to concisely cover the 12 Maxims of Improv and how they can improve your life and career. Rather [...]

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Make Presentations Not PowerPoint Demonstrations

July 7, 2009

If you actually want to be effective in the corporate world, it’s important to learn to make presentations, not Power Point demonstrations. What’s the difference? Good question. Presentations versus Power Point If you were to go by what you see most often in the workplace, you would think presentations and Power Point were synonyms. But [...]

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Iconoclast

June 24, 2009

The book Iconoclast by Gregory Berns takes a look at the creative process from a neurological perspective.  Using recent advances in neuroscience, Berns disproves previous assumptions about creativity and describes ways that we can all learn to think differently.  A great book both in terms of content and style of writing, definitely worth the read [...]

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Neuroscience Sheds New Light on Creativity

June 24, 2009

According to an article in Fast Company adapted from the book Iconoclast, advances in neuroscience have shed new light on the key attributes of creativity.  What amazes me is that many of the discoveries re-enforce the value of improv in stimulating the creative process. Some of the main points on creativity: “The important elements for [...]

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Acting Out: Improv Exercises Cultivate Team Building

June 18, 2009

Improv exercises can cultivate team building, customer service skills, brainstorming, and more according to an article I recently read from HRMagazine.  The article, which shared business cases from various corporations, covered some of the basic ways improv can benefit the workplace.  Some highlights include: “Many theater professionals have realized that the very rules improv is [...]

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Collaborating Through Yes And

June 2, 2009

Two words is all it takes to improve your team’s ability to work, think, and create together. Taken from the world of improv, they are the foundation to collaboration, cooperation, creativity and other words that start with the letter ‘c.’  What two words are they?  Yes And. The Power of Yes And The number one [...]

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