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Reconnecting

Liz Peters — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:12:33 +0000

Reconnecting After an unprecedented couple of years of getting square-eyed and talking through screens, the UK government has removed restrictions and given the green light to go hugging, hanging and working together In Real Life again. Whatever your opinion about that decision, it is clear that we are now entering an unusual transitionary period....

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Be Playful and Be Professional

Lel — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 14:02:05 +0000

I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of the improv community for a while now. I’ve been in a bunch of groups. I still feel very strongly about my first group, like a first love. Others have come and gone in the meantime, too. And from time to time a newer improviser will ask...

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Improv and your 9-5

Rhiannon Vivian — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:17:10 +0000

By Rhiannon Vivian Let’s talk about work. Green party leader Caroline Lucas has just announced that she’d promote a four-day working week if she were in power. Some people have already criticized this (the main one being Brexit loving, Thatcherite, Tim Montgomerie) but I can’t understand why. Does having a rigid, toil based work...

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Workplace happiness – improving the definition

Admin Luther — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 13:50:43 +0000

Workplace happiness is often defined around how the use of positive psychology has a beneficial effect on productivity. We don’t propose to challenge that assertion, because in business terms, workplace happiness has been shown time and again to lead to better business outcomes. What we do want to challenge, however, is the idea that workplace happiness...

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10 improv tips for workplace happiness

Admin Luther — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 16:18:35 +0000

A different kind of happy Can improv training increase workplace happiness? Regardless of the environment I have seen improvisation used, whether it be at an improv show, public course or in house training, there is one thing that jumps out immediately; people seem to be enjoying themselves. I don’t mean the nervous giggle or the...

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Improvisation Training for Business: Workplace Happiness

Admin Luther — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:52:42 +0000

Improvisation is a whole lot of fun, as you’ll know if you’ve attended one of our shows. When we’re not treading the boards somewhere in the world, we’re often training others how to do it. One of our missions in life is to bring some serious happiness to people’s lives. And this remit doesn’t stop...

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