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Improv and Collaboration

4/27/2018

 
What if, instead of litigation, parties could engage in processes that create an opportunity for dialogue, mutual understanding leading to creative solutions? Such processes can be learned, and over the last couple of years, I've had the opportunity to contribute to the classes offered by Professor Danya Rumore, Director of 
the Wallace Stegner Center’s ​Environmental Dispute Resolution (EDR) Program at the University of Utah. These classes focus on key skills for collaborative problem-solving listed at right.

A student in our applied improvisation workshop found that such a session "will open the door for you to communicate effectively, be creative, work productively in a group setting." Read her account here.
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  • Empathy
  • Presence & listening
  • Resilience
  • Suspending judgment
  • Creativity

innovation

9/26/2017

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This is a great article on the link between play and innovation. Play is a place of openness, experimenting and surprising ourselves. 
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How does our team get something new?

8/12/2016

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Outside-the-box thinking, innovative products, ideas and approaches - these are gold to growing, adaptive organizations. The problem is that leaders often don't know how to help their people get there. You may know the saying, "If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." So how do we get something new? Roger Chandler of Intel shares his insights on applying principles of improvisational theatre to get quick results from collaborative teams:
  • Listen - clear to the end.
  • It's not about you, it's about the team. Co-create by saying "yes" to your teammate's idea and adding something more
  • Planning too far ahead may blind you to opportunity
  • Own up to mistakes and find the opportunities that they hold
Check out Roger's post to read more on how improv has helped him to be an even better creative team member.

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