Most of the times when I use applied improvisation in a workshop I challenge people to either build a story (to tell it) or a scene (to act it). The purpose behind the activities is related to developing certain skills, but the purpose in the foreground is for them to build a good story or … [Read more…]
A girl wrote me to enrol in our improv workshop, but made sure I know that she’s not a creative person. I can’t help by wonder how do people know if they’re creative or not. It’s unlikely they participated in any competition regarding creativity or taken a (good) test about it. I see two ways to evaluate … [Read more…]
These days we talk a lot about creativity and innovation as a result of it. Recently I had an improv workshop with some HR people and the theme was in the same area: Creativity in HR. And it’s a good thing we are preoccupied with this topic, because it challenges us to come up with more … [Read more…]
Last Thursday I was invited to hold an improv workshop on creativity at Forbes Summer School. And as it happens so often (if you pay attention & notice), an interesting coincidence occurred: I recently read a book on this subject, that a colleague from work thought I might find interesting. There are lots of books … [Read more…]