Energize Your Software Team's Performance – Think Like an Improv Actor
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Claim: applying improv practices measurably energizes collaboration by turning shut‑downs into constructive moves. Tools used include pantomime, the one‑word story exercise, give and take focus, and the yes and response; an anecdote with a 1959 Second City origin and a stand‑up improvist who wins a standing ovation shows it works. Practices emphasise bring a brick not a cathedral, reading the room, following the follower, making mistakes into material, and trusting short, in‑moment contributions.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Improv and team collaboration
- 5:29Yes and thinking for teamwork
- 10:06Open source as yes and
- 12:59Trust and bring a brick rule
- 17:17From team to ensemble
- 19:43Be in the moment
- 21:48Give and take in meetings
- 23:17Listening in improv
- 26:08Mistakes for your team
- 27:33Three ideas to energize
- 28:14Improv wisdom for teams
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