Improv Yourself: Business Spontaneity at the Speed of Thought

By Joseph A. Keefe and Leigh Buchanan

Discover your improvisational skills for a more productive, more dynamic work life Whether we know it or not, most of us use our improvisational skills every day in the workplace when we deal with clients and colleagues. Improv Yourself shows the reader in clear detail how to use and hone improvisational skills for better business interactions and a more productive work environment. Business expert and all-around funny guy Joe Keefe offers expert guidance on nurturing our improvisational skills to help us think on our feet, deal with customers, interact with team members, present new ideas, and brainstorm. Full of humor, wit, and expert business insight, Improv Yourself is like nothing else on the business shelf (could you tell I just made that up?).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471216380
• ISBN13: 9780471216384
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Business Needs Improv!

Joseph A. Keefe, founder of Second City Communications, has written one of the best books I've read on applying theatre improvisation techniques to business goals. If you want to get better at: 1) really noticing to what's going on around you, 2) thinking on your feet, 3) generating new business ideas, 4) handling crises with speed and flexibility, and 5) cooperating easily with others, this book will help. Offering skill-building exercises, specific techniques to deal with workplace challenges, and real-life examples of improv used successfully in the business world, Improv Yourself is a book you will be able to read and reread--for years, if you want! Doni Tamblyn is author of Laugh and Learn: 95 Ways to Use Humor for More Effective Teaching and Training and The Big Book of Humorous Training Games (Big Book of Business Games Series)

Bringing Improv into everyday life

This is a business book that's readable, useful and funny!What a nice change. Joe Keefe offers you ways to bring some humor and life to your business meetings --and get better results to boot. I started using some of Joe's improv exercises to start our weekly meeting. The president of the organization complimented me for bringing energy and excitement to the meetings. (In truth, it wasn't me it was the improvs!) I love Joe's rule: Listen, agree, add and accept. We do some of the games at home as well. The kids love performing and it is helping them to exercise their imaginations and think quickly on their feet. This is a great book to help you think about the importance of having humor in all aspects of your life and it offers sound advice on how to get it.