Imagine yourself standing at the mouth of a dark cave in a dense forest. Looking for a safe place to spend the night, you clutch your compass, watching the needle spin endlessly. Suddenly, you hear something from deep inside the cave. …

Here’s what to expect from a corporate improv training session so you can stop freaking out. An improv session with your team can be a great way to get to know the people you work with on a whole new level. Unfortunately, the idea of doing Improv with your colleagues…

Jumping headfirst into a graduate degree can be scary. My years of doing improv helped me through it. Using the four pillars of improv: collaboration, listening, acceptance, and positivity, I’ve come up with four tips that will make your graduate study experience vastly improv(ed). Let’s dive in. Tip #1 — Collaboration — Make A Reading Group. You can’t possibly…

“Planning” and “Improvisation” are at two opposite ends of the creativity spectrum. One aims to establish a well-ordered set of steps and move meticulously through them to achieve a goal. The other embraces chaos and haphazard ideas to eventually get to… well, where ever it is you end up. Clearly…

We’re all looking for that one perfect idea. We believe that somewhere out there (gestures randomly), the answer to whatever problem we’re trying to solve has simply yet to reveal itself. But, if we just scrunch our faces in deep thought and stare wistfully out the window long enough, the…

Improvisation isn’t about making people laugh. Great news for unfunny improvisors struggling on stage, but that’s not what I mean. I mean how most people see improv is a tiny portion of an art form that can change your life. …