Innovation, Creative Thinking, and The Next Big Idea

Thinking creatively is a critical skill needed for businesses to quickly compete in changing markets as well as to break down barriers to improve performance. You’ll learn how to promote a culture that encourages creative thinking, current innovation theories, techniques to tap group wisdom, lead productive brainstorming, champion change management, and how to establish a diverse team that is ready to come up with the next big idea. Customized sessions based on team needs.

Yes And! — How Improv Improves How We Work

Thinking on your feet and communicating with credibility are necessary skills for anyone who’s had to deliver under pressure with little or no time to prepare.  By learning improvisation skills, you’ll feel more comfortable under pressure or when asked to communicate when unprepared. Most communication is improvised and we’ll give you an effective, easy, and fun approach to impromptu public speaking that boost team morale, facilitates decision making, stimulates ideas, builds resilient mindsets, and teaches you how to “fail” well so you’ll find the right idea that does succeed. Delivered in half or one day session options.

Improvised Interactions— Customized Scenarios That Build Competency and Confidence

Improvised Interactions is a unique, engaging, and powerful methodology that leverages our team of professional writers and actors to help clients build their capabilities.  We’ll create a customized scenario that’s relevant to your organization and focuses on the skills you need to build. Our communication coaches improvise the scenario modeling the behavior you want to change. It’s a fast way to learn that’s dynamic, entertaining, relevant, and sticks. Delivered in one and two day session options.

Storytelling Skills to Improve Communication

There’s a reason why Ted Talks are so popular.  They are using one of the oldest and best ways to compel and persuade— storytelling. Stories are how we make meaning and interpret facts. Stories can clarify ideas, boost communication effectiveness in business especially in knowledge management, organizational development, coaching, IT, and sales. This course is helpful for anyone who shares data or has complicated information to communicate, needs to influence without authority, manage a team, or, needs to communicate well across cultures, contexts, or platforms. We’ll teach you how to capture relevant anecdotes and the best way to share them. Delivered in one and two day session options.

Inspiring Change— How To Lead Change At Every Level

Organizations and industries change more rapidly than ever and the success of the change effort rests on how well the process is managed.  This course will help to empower the change management process so you’re prepared to grow. We’ll discuss the psychology of change, fear and the dynamics of change resistance, established and emerging change management theories, how to develop a communication plan, and, how to motivate change champions. Delivered in one and two day session options.