Improv Skills

Why Soft Skills Matter
The Benefits of Play for Adults: How Play Can Improve Your Health, Work, and Family Relationships
The Science and Art of Listening
Scott Adams' Secret of Success: Failure
When Stress Takes Over, Employee Burnout Can Set In
You Probably Hate Your Job — But You Don’t Have To
Why Screwing Things Up Is Crucial to Your Well-Being
Why We Desire But Reject Creative Ideas
Excuse Me, Do You Have a Moment? Managing Interruptions in the Workplace
The Health Benefits of Practicing Improv
Using Comedy Improv as Therapy

Improv in the Workplace

Improvising to Improve Business
Why Improv Training Is Great Business Training
Why Using Improvisation to Teach Business Skills Is No Joke
How Improv Made Its Way into Corporate America
Science Provides The Best Argument For Taking An Improv Class: We Are All Creative "Types"
Getting to "Yes, And"
Want to Be More Creative? Think on Your Feet
When the Art of the Deal Includes Improv Training
34 Reasons To Learn Improv
3 Improv Exercises That Can Change the Way Your Team Works
Improv Helps Ph.D.'s Explain Their Work—and Loosen Up
Attention, All Scientists: Do Improv, With Alan Alda’s Help
"School's a Joke" Makes Learning Grammar Fun with Improv
Comedic Skills for a Serious Role: Improv Class Teaches Med Students to Think on Their Feet
3 Ways Improv Training Can Improve Customer Service

Videos

Going Beyond "Hello": Dan Klein at TEDxStanford
Your Brain on Improv: Charles Limb at TEDxMidAtlantic
Smith College 2012 Commencement Speaker Jane Lynch
Braving the Unknown: Susan Messing at TEDxUChicago 2014
The Way of Improvisation: Dave Morris at TEDxVictoria
A Place of Yes: Mick Napier

Books

Jill & Patrick's Small Book of Improv for Business
The Improvisation Edge: Secrets to Building Trust and Radical Collaboration at Work
Training to Imagine: Practical Improvisational Theatre Techniques for Trainers and Managers to Enhance Creativity, Teamwork, Leadership, and Learning
Improv Yourself: Business Spontaneity at the Speed of Thought
Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses "No, But" Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration — Lessons from The Second City
Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up
Innovation At the Speed of Laughter: 8 Secrets to World Class Idea Generation