Business Improv

Fast-thinking. Creativity. Bravery... and Improv. Guest Blog by Oliver Shawyer I recently returned from holidays, and in doing so, set myself an aggressive task of getting out and about to try new things. Things that both confronted me and reminded me of how much there is on offer when you actually put yourself out there. There's [...]

Just Say "No!" to Trust Falls LMA Training recently sent a team of our Improv for Business Facilitators to the Blue Mountains for a 70 person corporate training workshop with M&C Saatchi and some of their lovely clients. We said “no” to trust falls and still landed on our feet. LMA Training joined M&C Saatchi [...]

Make This One Thing Mandatory for Millennials If you happened to catch Simon Sinek’s recent interview on Inside Quest about millennials in the workplace, then you may already be familiar with his theory about why they are the way they are. If you haven’t seen it, he blames their typically entitled, narcissistic, unfocused, lazy, self [...]

Lucy O'Brien Joins LMA as Musical Director LMA is thrilled to announce the addition of Lucy O'Brien to our growing roster of teacher talent. Lucy will be the Musical Director for Andrew Strano's, Musical Improv class at LMA Melbourne starting in Term 1, 2017. Musical improv has to be the most joyous, exciting, immediate way to get involved with music theatre, [...]

How Improv Can Help Hillary Clinton (and Donald Trump) Via: Time Magazine (Photo: Justin Sullivan—Getty Images (L); Mark Makela—Getty Images) Bob Kulhan is Founder and CEO of Business Improv with whom LMA Training has a close relationship. He is also the author of Getting to "Yes, And": The Art of Business Improv," out in January.   They should apply the [...]

Improv Gifts For Your Workplace How often in the working world do we experience not being heard? Whether it's because you can't get your boss or coworkers time and attention, or because your thoughts and ideas are responded to with what feel like prepared statements, we've all felt alone in the workplace. One of the [...]

What Vanilla Ice Didn’t Tell You About Agile/Lean Methods I have been working in the IT Industry for over a decade and in that time we have seen massive changes in how people are approaching how work gets done, people at all levels are collaborating in entirely new ways. From processes and practices thought up [...]

How To Get The Most Out Of Your Improv Class It's the start of a new term, and that means you're about to be walking into a room ready for some make-'em-ups with a batch of new (and some known) faces. Here's some tips for getting the most out of your class, whether it's the [...]

PWC Get Into (and a lot out of) Improv Business Training Improv Business Training LMA recently ran an introductory improv for business training session with some of the lovely folks at PWC in Sydney. Here you can listen to a few of them share their thoughts on the experience. Can you guess what they all [...]

Kristin Hensley: Business Improv Training is Invaluable The lovely Kristin Hensley recently came over from Los Angeles to facilitate some workshops and corporate training sessions with LMA. Here she shares a few thoughts on why improv business training is vital for innovation and teamwork, and how saying "Yes, and..." and using Active Listening to support [...]

No Joke! Improv is Seriously Good for Business. There’s more to improvisation than comedy - and it’s not just for funny people. In fact, improv is primarily about learning to react authentically and stay in the present moment at a very high level. This awareness has all sorts of business benefits which is why we [...]

The Jump Score Leaps into Improv for Innovation Cassie Hunt is the Founder of The Jump Score, a boutique innovation consultancy in Sydney with a passion for growing businesses by helping them think differently. Here she shares a few quick thoughts on her experience at a recent LMA Workshop and how improv training is invaluable for [...]

Toyota Takes Improv Training for a Test Drive Jayne-Louise O'Connell is a Digital Platform Specialist for Toyota and recently participated in one of LMA's Improv Based Learning & Development Workshops. In this breezy chat she shares a few quick thoughts on her team's experience and how improv training can help your professional career. Oh What a [...]

Guest Blog By: Kelly Leonard, EVP of The Second City We've re-posted this special Guest Blog because its that good, and updated it with a fantastic video interview with Kelly and Tom Yorton, Authors of the definitive book on improv in business - "Yes, And." If you're in business, improv can help. Full stop. For more about [...]

Medland Metropolis Scores Big with LMA Corporate Training Here at LMA we always do follow up surveys with both our regular students and corporate clients in an effort to continually improve our offering. We take every bit of feedback on board and implement change whenever and where ever possible to make sure you receive the best improv [...]

Yes, And to Improv and Business Special Guest Blog By: Kelly Leonard, Executive Vice-President of The Second City There is a story from the early days of The Second City - around 1961 - a Coca Cola executive sought out the newly celebrated improv artists of The Second City to get their creative minds working [...]