
Improv Resources
Applying improv at work can foster a more collaborative, creative, and communicative workplace environment. Here are some practical ways to integrate improv techniques into your work setting:
ELR WERk Session
July 29, 2024
Enhance Team Building
Exercises like "Yes, and..." can help encourage active listening and positive collaboration.
Improve Communication Skills
Encourage employees to practice active listening to improve their understanding and responsiveness during conversations.
Enhance Adaptability and Problem-Solving
Encourage a mindset of adaptability and quick thinking through regular improv practice
Develop Leadership Skills
Improv can help leaders improve their communication, adaptability, and decision-making skills.
Books on Improvisation
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Discussions/Interviews/Documentaries:
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Patti Stiles - Improvise Freely
Keith Johnstone - Impro: Improvisation and the Theater
Viola Spolin - Improvisation for the Theater
Chana Halpren - Art by Committee:
A Guide to Advanced Improvisation
Andy Goldberg - Improv Comedy
Adam Meggido - Improv Beyond Rules
Follow the Fear - Documentary about Del Close
Keith Jarrett - The Art of Improvisation
Amy Pohler - Interview with Charlie Rose
Christopher Farlow - Rules of Improv (although I prefer the term “guidelines”)
Chris Gethard - A Lesson on Improv Technique
Ken Adams - Creator of the “Story Spine”
Improvised Shows/Movies:
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Music:
Herbie Hancock improvises for… Harvard?!
Chick Corea & Friends, Improvising at the White House, followed by two songs
Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover) throwing down live on the radio (NSFW)
Eminem vs. Juice freestyle rap battle from about 1997 (NSFW)
Improv4Humans, by Matt Besser from UCB
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Asscat - Upright Citizen’s Brigade on YouTube
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Youtube & Free Trial on Prime
Middleditch & Schwartz - Netflix
Murderville - Netflix
Groundlings Theatre
Podcasts:
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Classes:
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The Dead Authors Podcast, by Paul F. Thompkins
Say More with Dr? Sheila, by Amy Poehler
Mega, by Holly Laurent and Greg Hess
Mission to Zyxx, by an incredible ensemble
Improv4Humans, by Matt Besser from UCB