Do you want a fast-thinking workforce who respond naturally, positively and cohesively to bumps in the road?
Do you want staff trained strategically for an agile mindset so they’re connective, dynamic and embodied?
We will improve your staff’s cognitive agility, communication toolkit and overall culture in your medium-to-large corporate, academic or non-profit organisation.
We achieve visible, quantifiable results using applied improvisation… and the power of ‘Yes, And’.
Do you find staff retention a constant challenge?
Are you puzzled about the root cause?
Are you concerned team targets aren’t being met?
Are you confused as to why not?
Is it evident that there’s no shared passion for company goals but you can’t see a way through?
We can help.
IMPROV Inc. trains for happy, fearless, agile resilient, creative personnel. We’ll support you, using applied improvisation, towards greater retention and more productive teams, who happily strive for a common goal.
What we believe...
At IMPROV Inc. we passionately believe that every single person in your organisation has the potential to bring something extraordinary to the table. We’re convinced that with the correct training, everyone can and will enthusiastically bring their optimal creativity, confidence and collaboration.
We often observe that many people can’t or won’t allow themselves to operate at the top of their intelligence or demonstrate the ability to be agile.
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team”
Phil Jackson, NBA basketball player, coach, executive
How we achieve this...
We use our unique system - I.M.P.R.O.V. to Improve - also known as Six Pillars To Success. We’ve proved with quantitative and qualitative evidence that the I.M.P.R.O.V. to Improve system gets the best out of a workforce in a vast range of career fields and working through different scenarios.
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast”
Peter Drucker, management consultant
We always strive to model fresh, playful professionalism, deep expertise and impeccable ethics. We aim for the point where rigour and respect meet a relaxed connection.
What we do...
We’re applied improvisers. We use the tools and techniques of improv comedy - underpinned by the bedrock power of ‘Yes, And’ - to lead trainees to their best agile, collaborative, creative selves. Improvisation is a performance form of hundreds of years’ standing that causes the brain to act, react and adapt in a supremely unique and positive way.
“Do not fear mistakes – there are none”
Miles Davis, jazz musician
What this means for you...
Our unique Six Pillar System causes people to have a completely fresh response to situations - which in turn allows team values to work alongside individual contributions. What does this solution lead to? Better ideas, less defensive reactions, easier conversations and a slicker pathway to problem-solving. Such an outcome makes retention easier, avoids office politics, connects people’s passions, raising productivity and quality.
Why applied improv is so effective...
Why applied improv? Well, if you need to learn something deeply - so that the material continues to resonate with you and you can recall it in different contexts - then ‘learning by doing’ (aka ‘kinaesthetic learning’) is a technique proven to be hugely more effective than passive learning methods, such as reading a book or watching a video.
“Learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience“
John Dunlosky, psychologist
When you actively engage with the training material via hands-on experience, deeper understanding and long-term retention is achieved. Not only that: people who learn by doing have a deeper connection and relationship with what they’ve learned. Neuroscientists and psychologists have proved that engaging actively (then reflecting upon the actions), embeds the knowledge and makes it more easily accessible and serviceable in alternate contexts.
*Dunlosky, J et al (2013); Kolb, DA (1984).
Our mission is to support individuals and teams to find the best versions of themselves in the quest for a more productive and fulfilling work-life and business model.
“Awareness creates choice. Practice builds capacity.”
Dr Amanda Blake, leadership coach, human biologist
At IMPROV Inc. we appreciate the importance of healthy team dynamics and the complexity involved of keeping teams strong and satisfied.
Our life’s work is to increase staff happiness, encourage motivation and enhance performance using improvisation.
We’d love to be a part of your journey.
I.M.P.R.O.V to Improve
Welcome to IMPROV Inc.’s unique six-pillar system that will revolutionise the way your workforce thinks and behaves. Over 100 hours of training materials, tools and techniques that help individuals and teams understand and embed more positive everyday habits.
The Six Pillars
The VIP Psychology PlaybookTM Self-awareness is the key to operating at the top of your intelligence. Clients who immerse themselves into the VIP Psychology Playbook learn how to overcome inhibitions and project themselves with greater confidence in front of peers, bosses and clients. At the heart of this is emotional intelligence: it’s a self-audit and a life-long reset. Gift yourself the power of play and a fresh mindset; emerge with a new lens through which to look at yourself and the world.
The Brilliant Brain Bootcamp Agile minds mean easier output. Our clients who follow The Brilliant Brain Bootcamp swiftly learn that improv isn’t about ‘winging it’ or ‘making it up as you go along’. Instead, they learn how to train the brain - their mind - to be in a conscious, active, dynamic state with a fuller awareness of everything going on around them, which causes them to react more strategically in the moment.
The Self-to-Stage Spotlight Grow your presence, persona, appearance, positioning, & performance. The Self-to-Stage Spotlight is the perfect platform for our clients to unlock presentation dynamics. They learn how to bring their most authentic self and their best version of themselves to the discussion, the presentation, the office - even the water-cooler. Authenticity lowers or removes defence mechanisms, stage fright and inhibitions for a great performance.
The Ego-Taming Technique A key maxim of improv is ‘Make your partner look good’. When we do so, we serve the moment and let go of our egos. The Ego-Taming Technique digs deep into the psychology of status dynamics and allows for the disintegration of people’s defences standing in the way of positive partnership and productive groups. Ego-Taming maximises productivity, promotes good relationships and prevents defensiveness: a major block to good work.
The Magical Output Organiser Brilliant material, brilliantly delivered is what will keep you aligned with client expectations. At IMPROV Inc. events our clients learn a range of formulas that cover speech memorising, storytelling and optimal organisation of material. The Magical Output Organiser instils confidence in shy, anxious or overwhelmed people. We train how to successfully hold audience attention with charisma, even when it’s a tough crowd.
The Battle Plan Blueprint We are invested in supporting our clients’ quest to fulfil their clients’ needs and success. These behaviour training exercises of The Battle Plan Blueprint ensure our clients learn how to keep control - especially important in the face of challenge. Building on the emotional intelligence that has been instilled across the work in the other pillars, IMPROV Inc. address how people can best keep their cool in difficult and fast-moving situations.
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