ImprovMeansBusiness TM ©2009 Tosone Associates LLC Improv for IT Executives Creativity,...

©2009 Tosone Associates LLC

ImprovMeansBusinessTM

Improv for IT Executives Creativity, Collaboration, Communication

Jim TosoneDirector, Healthcare Informatics

Pfizer Inc



What is Improv?

• Set of Games

• Originally for Child Actors

• Used to Create Sketch Comedy



Value in the Workplace

• Increase Comfort with Change

• Deepen Relationships Though

Adaptive Communication

• Enhance Think-On-Your-Feet

Creativity

• Foster Seamless Collaboration



Improv Games

• Dr.-Know-It-All

• Rewind

• ABC

• Mirror



Ground Rules

• Be Sensitive

• Don’t Worry About Being Funny

• There is No “Do” – Only “Try”



Dr. Know-It-All

• 3 People Line Up as Dr. Know-It-All

• Audience Asks Questions

• Dr. Know-It-All Answers with One

Word Per Person in Sequence



Rewind

• Improvise a Two-Person Scene

• When I Ring Bell

– Replace Last Line Spoken

– With a Different Line



ABC

• Improvise a Two-Person Scene

• Dialog Alternates Alphabetically

– First Line Starts with “A”

– Second Line Starts with “B”

– Last Line Starts with “Z”



Mirror• Pair Up

• Stand Facing Each Other

• Lock Eyes

• Follow each others’ movement exactly

– Head, Arms, Body, Legs

• Transfer the lead back and forth



Use Games Situationally

Creativity Collaboration

Communication



Improv Principles• Initiate Ideas

• Acknowledge & Accept Ideas

• Build on Ideas

• Stay in the Moment

• Make Mistakes



Improv Means BusinessTM

Jim Tosonewww.ImprovMeansBusiness.com

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