What to do When the Silly Season Ends Can you feel it in the air? The “Silly Season” is nigh. In Australia this time of year signifies the start of summer and a time to put the tools down and enjoy a well deserved break, typically involving copious amounts of drinking, dining, and discussion about [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

Billy Connolly: 3 Ways Improv Can Improve Your Career Read all about it over at Fast Company, then come back here to book a corporate training day for your team at work. And in the spirit of LMA bringing top talent from overseas down under, please enjoy this old gem below.

Take a Page From Hollywood, Improv Your Next Brainstorm Session Great new article from Steve Yastrow on the benefits of Improv in Business: Have you ever watched actors improvising together on stage? Without a script, they interact with each other to create an interesting scene right before your eyes. The same techniques these actors use [...]