Improv for Leadership
2000s-present
Applied-improv practice that targets leadership development — status agility, active listening, decision under ambiguity, team trust.
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- Bob Kulhan's *Getting to "Yes And"* (Stanford UP, 2017) is the canonical business-school text; built from his Duke Fuqua course.
- Core claim: leaders trained in improv make faster decisions, recover better from failed pitches, and run more generative meetings.
- Second City Works (30+ years) reports 600+ Fortune 1000 clients; leadership modules are their largest revenue segment.
- The technique transfer is specific: not 'be funny,' but 'treat every input as an offer,' 'commit under ambiguity,' 'make your partner look good.'
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