Second City Works Methodology
1980s-present
Second City's corporate-training arm — a 30-year-old applied-improv practice blending improv games, sketch writing, and video content for 600+ Fortune 1000 clients.
Known for
- Origin: Bernie Sahlins greenlit corporate training in the early 1980s as a stable revenue floor under the theater business.
- Core curriculum units: Yes-And (framing), Status Agility (leadership), Ensemble Thinking (teams), Failure as Data (innovation).
- Produces custom 'learning films' — short comic sketches used for compliance, anti-harassment, and ethics training at scale.
- Cited as the largest single employer of US improv teachers outside the theater itself.
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Schools & Theaters