About
Keeping it (you, your relationships, innovation) Human
The world is filled with complexity and uncertainty.
The important skills for the future of work enhance the HUMAN experience. That means leaders and teams who boldly innovate, adapt and build resilience and relationships. Humor, laughter and play are fuel.
Creativity and Innovation live at the intersection of courage, trust and connection.
While leading tech teams (product, marketing & communications) to innovation by day, and working as a stand-up, improv and sketch comedian by night for 20+ years, I learned:
- The biggest laughs come from trust and connection.
- Laughter builds community and braver spaces for innovation
- When connection and courage are strongest, so was innovation.
People hold back when fear, uncertainty and lack of trust are high.
As a leader, I built a team mentality (much like in improv) that made it safe to think boldly: I GOT YOUR BACK and YES AND.
It’s not about being funny; at work, humor is “emotional glue” that takes fear down. When we feel connected and experience trust, we have courage.
I got curious: is this how I get my teams to create bold new ideas together? Better relationships? Productivity?
The answer is yes!
This led me to start my business, write my top-selling book, “Stop Boring Me!”, create two popular LinkedIn Learning Courses: Leading with Improv, and my just released second course: Humor: A Leader’s Guide to Building Team Trust, and advise global senior leaders and teams on shaping braver teams and cultures.
I’ve helped dozens of companies and hundreds of teams communicate and innovate more boldly, and enhance adaptability and relationships. And have way more laughter. Whew!
Laughter is the single greatest predictor of healthy culture. When laughter leaves, so will your best people.
Creativity and Innovation live at the intersection of courage, trust and connection.
While leading tech teams (product, marketing & communications) to innovation by day, and working as a stand-up, improv and sketch comedian by night for 20+ years, I learned:
- The biggest laughs come from trust and connection.
- Laughter builds community and braver spaces for innovation
- When connection and courage are strongest, so was innovation.
People hold back when fear, uncertainty and lack of trust are high.
As a leader, I built a team mentality (much like in improv) that made it safe to think boldly: I GOT YOUR BACK and YES AND.
It’s not about being funny; at work, humor is “emotional glue” that takes fear down. When we feel connected and experience trust, we have courage.
I got curious: is this how I get my teams to create bold new ideas together? Better relationships? Productivity?
The answer is yes!
This led me to start my business, write my top-selling book, “Stop Boring Me!”, create two popular LinkedIn Learning Courses: Leading with Improv, and my just released second course: Humor: A Leader’s Guide to Building Team Trust, and advise global senior leaders and teams on shaping braver teams and cultures.
I’ve helped dozens of companies and hundreds of teams communicate and innovate more boldly, and enhance adaptability and relationships. And have way more laughter. Whew!
Laughter is the single greatest predictor of healthy culture. When laughter leaves, so will your best people.
“Kathy is funny, insightful, kicks boring in the butt, smart as hell, engaging, and inspiring.”
“Wow! Kathy is a great speaker. How she manages to consistently weave humor and storytelling with practical advice can only be appreciated by being in her audience. She sprinkles practical gems with stories. Kathy is passionate, entertaining and authoritative!”
“Kathy was nothing short of spectacular!”
Kathy served as closing keynote at AMA Cincinnati’s 2018 Ignite CX Conference. A highlight of the program, she delivered the perfect balance of humor and thought-provoking content in a highly engaging, energetic, relevant presentation. She is exceptional, and attendees are still talking about, quoting, and applying Kathy’s concepts in practice
Thanks for leading a terrific b2g session, Kathy. You rocked it!!
