Collaborate to Co-Exist with Customers, Co-workers, Stakeholders, Robots, and Other Humanoids.
And Like Doing It Using Improv for Soft Skills.
Listened MORE Intently
Tolerated MORE Uncertainty
Generated MORE Abundant Ideas
Made MORE Decisions Faster
Suspended MORE Judgment
Embraced MORE Risk
Thought MORE Critically
Collaborated MORE Often
Brought MORE Positive Energy
Fostered MORE Trust
In Other Words, What If They Were More Fearless?
Life happens without a script. We often admire those who work well under pressure, pivot on a dime, or similar idioms. As the saying goes, "Man plans. God laughs." But we doubt the authors meant to take the divine LOLs quite so literally.
Anytime someone reacts, adapts, and communicates in the moment, they're improvising. That means improv is a skill. You can learn it. And we can teach you.
The More Fearless Skill System uses the structure and tenets of improvisation along with psychology, philosophy, and other "soft sciences" to build mental muscle. Is it the humanities for humanity's sake? Yes, And tangible, beneficial, and long-lasting outcomes for your organization.
Improv? Like Comedy?
Not Quite
Many people associate improvisation with popular shows like Whose Line Is It, Anyway? or the foundation of sketch comedy at Saturday Night Live, Key & Peele, I Think You Should Leave, and more. Of course, there's also a laundry list of famous comedians who trace their roots to legendary improv schools, too.
Improv and comedy often go hand in hand. But many of the skills seen on stage or screen serve a broader context when appropriately applied to an ability to react, adapt, and communicate in real time.
The goal of More Fearless is not to make participants funnier. It's to teach tools for use in any environment. Fun is expected. Laughter is common. Both are welcome byproducts of the important growth happening under the hood.
FIGHT. FLIGHT. FREEZE. These hard-wired responses helped our ancestors survive encounters with dangerous predators. They do not serve our modern-day challenges quite as well. When facing a bear in the woods, a bear market, or a beast in a boardroom, wacky comedic wit won't neutralize the threat. However, knowing how to react, adapt, and communicate could.
primary Soft Skills
REACTIBILITY
Most people with even remote knowledge of improv have heard the concept of “Yes, And.” Reactibility translates to the “Yes,” part (comma very much included). Reactibility focuses on listening, accepting what we call “base reality,” and ultimately suspending judgment to stay in the moment.
adaptability
Here’s the “And” part of the equation. Adaptability develops skills for both divergent and convergent thinking. More Fearless teaches how to heighten and explore ideas as well as how to let concepts go. Sustain momentum in a collective state of flow.
Communication
An idea is only as good as it’s shared with others. Communication training not only establishes a safe space for participants to openly and freely share their thoughts, it also coaches on public speaking skills help people learn to speak up and contribute with clarity and confidence.
Secondary Soft Skills
Collaboration
Training collaboration skills focuses on dealing with the social dynamics that cause conflicts within group settings. It also addresses the core improv principles of “the first unusual thing,” “the game,” sharing focus, and playing at the height of one’s intelligence.
Decision Making
Knowing how to edit is one of the most crucial parts of any improvisation format. Otherwise, participants would agree with each other into oblivion. In this phase, More Fearless helps groups know how to “Say Yes to No” or “Say Maybe to Maybe” and establish clear next steps.
Risk Appetite
Improvisation naturally gets participants out of their comfort zone, and it also serves to foster an environment where mistakes and “bad” ideas are welcomed. Groups come to realize how low-stakes spaces allow bolder ideas to flourish.