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The biggest group co-founders and have worked with in the past two years was about 300 folks. Last Friday Katie got to set the record for the smallest group we've had the pleasure of working with, at just 4 brave c-level leaders on the Henry Ford Health team.

to one of our first workshops with the Columbus Urban League at Ohio State.

Wouldn’t it look nice to have this sign at your next big conference or learning day?

The first time I heard the term VUCA, I thought it was just another workplace acronym.

Then I realized I’d been practicing for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity for years as an improviser.

In our latest blog, shares four improv tools that can help teams navigate a workplace where the script keeps changing.

Read more: https://witworks.com/blog/four-improv-tools-for-a-vuca-workplace

One of our favorite parts of our work is hearing what resonates with participants afterward. Thank you to the brilliant and her awesome team at Splash Financial for having us.

Fun Fact Friday!

Did you know that current Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was in an improv group in college?

Some of your favorite leaders have a history with Improvisation.

Neil Blumenthal, Daniel Pink, Marissa Mayer, and Michael Dubin all have used improv in their companies and careers to support leadership development, communication, and to bring more play to the workplace.

Every office needs play.

Not because people need to be entertained. Because play helps people connect, listen, adapt, and think faster together.

A lot of our work at WitWorks has been inspired by the work of Stuart Brown and the ideas in Play.

We use applied improvisation to help teams practice real workplace skills through active experiences instead of lectures.

When people laugh together, take small risks, and stay present in the moment, trust grows faster.

If you care about learning, leadership, or building stronger teams, take a look at the work being done by the . There is a lot there worth exploring.

Improv has had such a strong impact on the lives and careers of WitWorks co-founders and that they began to wonder if others experienced the same lasting effect. To find out, they reconnected with old friends from their college improv troupe to see how improv may have shaped their careers, relationships, and lives long after graduation.

Read our May blog, The Improv Effect, to hear their stories. Link in bio.

Thank you to our brilliant friends for collaborating with us on this piece.  

Want to be more creative, more supportive of your team, to better trust your own gut? Time to start practicing. WitWorks can help.