
The Improvisation Edge: Secrets to Building Trust and Radical Collaboration at Work
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The book provides leaders, managers, trainers, and even front-line employees a practical methodology for adopting the improviser's mindset. It leverages all of the elements that make improvisation so entertaining: story, surprise, connection, and interaction. It outlines how these principles work for improvisers by pulling readers into a performance and allowing them to experience the adrenaline and uncertainty of improvisation. Each "secret" is demonstrated and then explained so that the "how" and "why" of improvisation becomes clear. The book then ports the learning over to a corporate environment.
The Improvisation Edge provides both case studies from ImprovEdge clients who have embraced these new ways of working and exercises for individuals, pairs and teams. These exercises are immediately applicable, hands-on activities that make the learning real and meaningful to the reader. That, too, is a critical component of improvisational success. Doing it--not just thinking or talking about something, but having guidelines to practice it, up on your feet.
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Introduction: Your Biggest Problem at Work and the Most Unexpected Solution
Chapter One: Yes! Space--The First Secret of Improvisation
Chapter Two: Building Blocks--The Second Secret of Improvisation
Chapter Three: Team Equity--The Third Secret of Improvisation
Chapter Four: Oops to Eureka!--The Fourth Secret of Improvisation
Conclusion: Practice. Then Celebrate!
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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