A01=Robert Poynton
Author_Robert Poynton
business skills
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dealing with the unexpected
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life skills improv
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- ISBN 9781914168130
- Dimensions: 120 x 178mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2022
- Publisher: The Do Book Co
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Robert Poynton teaches an acclaimed method to some of the world s biggest brands and companies, including Nike, Chanel and PwC. In this new edition, he shows us how these improvisational skills can be applied to the everyday business of work and life helping us to navigate the daily obstacles and reminding us how the unplanned and the unexpected can be a source of wonder and delight. Do Improvise will help you to: -Become more productive without trying harder -Overcome creative blocks and generate new ideas -Respond fluidly to circumstances beyond your control -Realise that you don t have to know everything. Not sure what to do next? Improvise.
Robert Poynton divides his time between an off-grid house in rural Spain and Oxford, where he is an Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College and the Said Business School. At Oxford University his work is practical, not academic he designs and runs executive education programmes, helping senior leaders understand and work with complex change via a playful approach drawn from the methodology of improvisational theatre. His own clients include the BBC, Chanel, Merck and Unilever. He is also co-founder of Yellow Learning and On Your Feet, an improv-based consultancy in Portland, OR. He has spoken and led workshops at The Skoll World Forum, The D-School at Stanford University, Singularity University, and The DO Lectures. He is the author of Do Pause (2019) and Do Conversation (2024).
