"Saving the World" One Team at a Time: Today’s Formula for Cross-Collaboration

Kristy WestJune 24, 2019psychological safety, team building, teaming, Atlanta training and team building, teambuilding, applied improv, improv skills, improv for professionals, improv training, atlanta team training, atlanta corporate training, soft skills, interpersonal, cross-collaborationComment

Don't Get blown away! The Skills of Improvisation builds stronger teams.

We learn very early in life that the strongest survive. We know that building a house of straw or sticks isn’t the smartest plan. The solid choice is brick, carefully placed one by one and bound together by a strong adhesive. It might take longer and the work is tedious, but the end result will stand strong and weather the storms (or a hungry wolf).

Why are we Having Such a Hard Time with Soft Skills?

Workplace Happiness, ImprovKristy WestJuly 31, 2018BraveSpace Bizsoft skills, communication, applied improvisation, human, collaboration, corporate learning, learning and development, leadership, improv classes, improv training, improv skills, company cultureComment

Don't be a D ___! Check your Ego and Humanity at the Door.

One of my early improv coaches had a philosophy and it was “Don’t be a - D _ _ _!" (rhymes with tick) Basically, don’t be mean and remember to leave your ego at the door because improv has no place for it. The art form is purely about being selfless, inclusive, and kind. Maybe it’s one of the reasons I latched on so passionately. I viewed it as more of a code I wanted to not only practice on stage but to live by as well. I had found something that was not only artistically satisfying, but that could also set the tone for how people should strive to be as humans.

ImprovKristy WestMarch 20, 2018improv skills, ego, human, soft skills, communication, company cultureComment

On Improv and Choices

Improv is all about choices. Life is all about choices. I’ve continued to have a struggle over the last few years as a teacher of improv where I realize how incredibly difficult it is to really do what we teach. In our safe bubble, where every choice is the right choice, because no matter what our partners will support us, it’s easy. In real life, we are not always in a safe place and there are no partners in sight.

Workplace Happiness, ImprovKristy WestDecember 17, 2016improv, sales training, improv classes, soft skills, atlanta, comedyComment

3 Roles that scream,” I need to learn improv!” Sales, Leadership, and Customer Service please stand up.

I’m the first person to proudly proclaim that improv skills are good for everyone, doesn’t matter who you are or what you do. Improvisation provides a life changing set of skills. So, that’s my disclaimer. The following are just three capacities that are on my hot list right now. They’ll be more to come, you can count on it.

Companies That Fear, Will Fail

When I left the corporate world, I took with me experiences of working in a variety of cultures and environments. I know firsthand how fear in a work environment can strip you of all creativity and innovation. I can relate to the timid faces of coworkers in a staff meeting scared to say anything for fear of being shot down or dismissed.

Kristy WestJune 10, 2014Yes and, Workplace fear, improv, the word no, soft skills, company cultureComment

Improv Musings

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