Introducing Agility through Improvisation Games
summary
Improvisation games are used as concrete exercises to build agility: a failure bow ritual to normalize mistakes, a one‑minute object naming and unnaming objects drill to surface habits, synchronized clapping with groups of five to train nonverbal coordination, and count to 21 rounds that teams (28 participants split into fives) repeatedly reach to practice listening and restart discipline. Sessions are timeboxed, use physical movement, breakout circles, and debriefs; slides, videos and a QR code are provided so the exercises can be replicated.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and setup
- 5:34Partner introductions
- 10:14What is improvisation
- 13:28Failure bow exercise
- 18:37Naming objects game
- 23:03Establishing presence and habits
- 30:26Synchronized clapping
- 40:49Count to 21 challenge
- 48:19Team presence and sensing
- 50:54Variations and online adaptation
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