Artie Isaac: Improvisational Theatre Techniques Applied to Business
You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than during a lifetime of conversation. Plato
The Yes deck (Send Artie an email)
“Life is just one big improvisation”
Everybody is into improv. We couldn’t Cross the street wout it.
1 rule of improv: play along. Say “yes”
We are so gifted at saying “No”. Try “why” instead.
Try a conversation without:
- No
- Not
- n’t
- However
- But
- Never
Play the “connection” game
Play the “share a story” game
Listen as if the next word will change your life.
Separate idea generation from idea assessment. Critically important for valid brainstorming. Try having having a different team on a different day assess the generated ideas.
Mackey 66. 66 questions that get people talking. Assume a person is an introvert until proven otherwise.
- “What makes you so smart”?
- “Who was your best teacher”?
- “if you could travel anywhere, where would you go”?
Email: I’m writing this with a smile.
Relatively few messages are worthy of being instant.