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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
Improv for IT Executives Creativity, Collaboration, Communication
Jim TosoneDirector, Healthcare Informatics
Pfizer Inc
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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
What is Improv?
• Set of Games
• Originally for Child Actors
• Used to Create Sketch Comedy
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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
Value in the Workplace
• Increase Comfort with Change
• Deepen Relationships Though
Adaptive Communication
• Enhance Think-On-Your-Feet
Creativity
• Foster Seamless Collaboration
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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
Improv Games
• Dr.-Know-It-All
• Rewind
• ABC
• Mirror
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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
Ground Rules
• Be Sensitive
• Don’t Worry About Being Funny
• There is No “Do” – Only “Try”
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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
Dr. Know-It-All
• 3 People Line Up as Dr. Know-It-All
• Audience Asks Questions
• Dr. Know-It-All Answers with One
Word Per Person in Sequence
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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
Rewind
• Improvise a Two-Person Scene
• When I Ring Bell
– Replace Last Line Spoken
– With a Different Line
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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
ABC
• Improvise a Two-Person Scene
• Dialog Alternates Alphabetically
– First Line Starts with “A”
– Second Line Starts with “B”
– Last Line Starts with “Z”
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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
Mirror• Pair Up
• Stand Facing Each Other
• Lock Eyes
• Follow each others’ movement exactly
– Head, Arms, Body, Legs
• Transfer the lead back and forth
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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
Use Games Situationally
Creativity Collaboration
Communication
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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
Improv Principles• Initiate Ideas
• Acknowledge & Accept Ideas
• Build on Ideas
• Stay in the Moment
• Make Mistakes
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©2009 Tosone Associates LLC
ImprovMeansBusinessTM
Improv Means BusinessTM
Jim Tosonewww.ImprovMeansBusiness.com