National Fun at Work Day
National Fun at Work Day and Lessons on Dropping the Script from SNL and Timothee Chalame It’s a BIG YEAR, Innovation Explorers! It's National Fun at Work Day this Friday. I think it [...]
Why a Culture of Experimentation Matters and How to Think About it
Why Now? It's a great time to create a culture of experimentation precisely because of what's happening today. People want to bring their creativity to work. And it's an innovation imperative. If we're not nurturing [...]
Want More Creative Content Ideas? 6 Rules to Break Now!
We fall into ruts all the time. We use the same ways to get out of those ruts. That itself keeps us from seeing things in new ways. So if you want more creative content [...]
3 Ways to Build Storytelling Culture
How to Strengthen and Build Storytelling Culture I have written (and chatted) at length about ways to build storytelling culture over the years. In this short clip for my 'Yes And Brand' Show I give [...]
Corporate Innovation Cartoon: Now Go Innovate!
Far too often, we tell people all the things they shouldn't do in the workplace. Don't rock the boat Don't make mistakes Don't forget we need 20% return Don't try new things We don't do [...]
12 Strategic Humor Principles for Life and Business Success
I wrote this post on strategic humor principles over a dozen years ago! And even in that amount of time, I've evolved and I've put all of these to the test. In pretty much every [...]
Why Employees Won’t Innovate – Video
There are three big reasons why employees won't innovate: trust; lack of a compelling story; and lack of process. I discuss all of those in more detail in this video. Watch the Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5W4fCZNdJs&width=745&height=460 [...]
Five Ways That Improv Ups Your Business Game
(My first version of this post appeared in PureMatter blog). I am an unabashed humor and improv nerd. And I mean visibly nerdy from space. At 8, the very first presentation I gave to [...]
Improv in Business Communication Leadership (video)
On June 2nd, Gary Ware and I did our 2nd live stream discussing improv in business and this time we chatted about improv in business Communication (Leadership). A recent #workforce17 conference presentation revealed that 35% [...]
Improv in Business Customer Service and Crisis Communications (video)
Improv in Business Customer Service Source: etherspeak.com On May 25th, Gary Ware, fellow improviser and marketer, and I chatted about improv in business customer service and crisis communications. We do a few exercises [...]
Creating Collaborative Cultures with Yes and! Ep 13 of #yesandbrand
Creating Collaborative Cultures On March 31st, I had Mike Ganino as a guest on the #yesandbrand FB Live show to talk about creating collaborative cultures with yes and! The words "yes and" are not [...]
