Don't Think. Become.

I am by no means a great improviser. And I am by no means a great leader. But I am both an improviser and a leader. And I have seen the value first-hand of linking the two together. This blog aims at connecting the lessons I have learned and am learning along my journeys in both. I have been performing improvisational comedy off and on since I was in high school (nearly twenty years ago!), with longer periods off than on. For most of that time, I was performing short-form improv, which is primarily focused on games. For the last year, I have focused on long-form, with a particular interest in instructing as well as in the business applications of improv. It's hard to define when someone beco mes a leader, so it's nearly impossible to put a number on that. What I can offer is that I have been leading teams professionally since 200 5. I don't have a particu lar ly tight philo sophy on leadership, but if I had to sum it up, it would look something like this: ...