Understand the way I work

I mix theatre exercises with body and voice awareness and guide reflection on how activities apply to your actual needs.

What is my method?

During the workshops I use a blend of improv exercises, body and voice awareness and public speaking tools.

This way you get to practice soft skills through indirect learning that you immediately apply in practical activities.

My method is build on five pillars:

Experiential and indirect learning: Practice tailored improvisation exercises and work on overall body awareness to indirectly boost other soft skills (self-confidence, stress management, creativity).

Saying ‘yes and’ (instead of ‘yes but’ or ‘no’): 'Yes and' is the basic rule of improv and is the basis of successful ideation and unleashing creative potential.

Exaggerating: If you want engage the audience well at a 100%, practice doing it at 300% (of body language, voice, confidence) and then tune it down. Exaggerating helps you realise your full potential and shows where your 100% actually is.

Overcoming: Working with what you are most afraid of brings the best breakthroughs. If you are afraid of being asked questions during a presentation, I will flood you with questions so that you get to experience and tame your stressors in a safe environment.

Mistakes are gifts: Adults dread making mistakes, however, without mistakes we learn much slower. During the workshop I create a space where mistakes are sources of learning. This will help you become more flexible and less stressed when things go differently than planned (and they often do!).

How do improv activities translate into real life settings?

In each activity we work according to Kolb's cycle of experiential learning. First, you experiment, exaggerate, make mistakes and enjoy yourself in a seemingly unrelated activity. Then, we reflect actively on your experience and conceptualise ways of applying this reflection to your actual business needs. In the last step, you apply these conclusions in a realistic activity in your known context.

During the workshop I actively seek to understand both group and personal needs and work with what each person finds most challenging and useful.

Who uses those methods successfully?

Why Improv Training Is Great Business Training (Forbes)

"Studies have shown that people can improve their communication skills and lower their anxiety with regular practice. Improv’s low-stakes training increases the likelihood that team members will feel comfortable communicating in a variety of work situations."

What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team (NY Times)

Studies conducted at Google reveal the five main characteristics of well-functioning teams. The first crucial characteristic is 'Psychological Safety', i.e. the openness to take risks without feeling anxious or embarrassed. Improvisation training helps us learn to accept each other's ideas, withdraw judgment and celebrate mistakes, the cornerstones of psychological safety.

Improv experience promotes divergent thinking, uncertainty tolerance, and affective well-being (Science Direct)

"As a means to enhance psychological health, improvisational theatre training offers benefits without the negative stigma and difficulties in access surrounding other therapeutic interventions. These results support its popular use beyond the theatre to improve social and personal interactions in a variety of settings"

Using improv to unite your team (Harvard Business Review, paid access)

"By applying these improv techniques in their teams, leaders can help everyone have more fun and encourage more creative ideas. Everyone will feel heard — and believe that working on a team is better than going it alone."

Example activities

Selling an imaginary object to the audience with words / gestures only

The aim is to show you the extent to which your body language is responsible for providing vital information.

Entering an empty room and finding your position of power

The aim is to embody a sense of room presence, to learn the neutral position and to tame unnecessary movements that show your unease.

Convincing someone to get off the chair for a creative reason