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2013 Annual International Conference

SHIRLEY F. RIVERAResource Catalysts

about.me/shirleyrivera@anthrocubeology

JEFF MILLER, PhDInnovative Leadership [email protected]@JeffMiller79

SESSION GOALS

• UNDERSTANDING the fundamentals of Improvisational Theatre and the connections to Servant Leadership

• ENGAGING in warm-ups, games, and practices of an Improvisor that exercises the Servant-Leader

• CREATING HABITS through Improv exercises to sharpen and develop your servant leadership practices

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Whose Line is it Anyway?

http://youtu.be/WQE1lKCfFgM

SESSION GOALS

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FUN

WHO WHAT

HOW PRACTICE

FUN

SESSION STRUCTURE

• Improv Activities• Ice breakers, Warm Ups, Games• Audience suggestions

• Traditional Elements• Presentation, including Q&A, discussions• Video clips

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SESSION STRUCTURE

• Three Parts (or Three Beats)• WHO – About each other• WHAT – About interactions• HOW – About engaging

• Inspired by an Improv format - The Harold• Opening | First Beat | Group Game | Second Beat |

Group Game | Third Beat | Closing

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PIKTOCHART: https://magic.piktochart.com/output/d508bd3c-e2dc-4652-83c1-bbbc76f2b3a2

• The Opening• . . . Explore theme

• First Beat• . . . Find a scene’s game

• Group Game

• Second Beat• . . . Raise the stakes. Expand the world

• Group Game

• Third Beat• . . . Interconnectedness & Call Backs

• Closing

• Crazy Eights

• Ice breaker

• Any questions before we start

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IMPROV WARM-UP

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WHO• … WE are. . . to EACH other

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• … YOU are. . . to EACH other

• West Coast, USA

• Navy “Brat”• Daughter, Sister, Aunt

• Engineer

• GCSL Academy

• Improvisor

• Fluevog addict

• Anthrocubeologist

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Yes,and…In querencia,

be the catalyst who serves.

• Farm Boy

• Dad, Husband

• Educator

• Facilitator

• Linker/Connector

• Recovering Administrator

• Learning/Leadership Junkie

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It's not about the "Great Man/Great Woman". It's about Great Acts of Service,

large and small.™

IMPORTANCE OF “WHO” IN IMPROV

• Relationship

• Point of View

• Environment / Setting

• Character development approaches• Jill Bernard’s “VAPAPO” - Voice | Attitude | Posture |

Animal | Prop | Obsessions• Rich Talarico’s “Walk the Plotless Path. We don’t

serve plot, plot serves us.” (Who + Where = What)

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• Listening

• Empathy

• Awareness

• Developing Others

• Coaching

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IMPORTANCE OF “WHO” IN SERVANT LEADERSHIP

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• Mapping

• Alliteration Introduction

• Card Status

• Listening• Self-awareness• Hierarchy /

Status• High• Low

• Environment

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IMPROV ACTIVITIES - WHO

FIRST BEAT: “WHO” REVIEW

I M P R O V I S A T I O N

• Listening

• Self-awareness

• Hierarchy

• Environment

S E R V A N T - L E A D E R S H I P

• Listening

• Empathy

• Self-Awareness

• Developing your colleague

• Coaching not controlling

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WHO…… HAS QUESTIONS?

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From 2012 SF AIN Annual Conference

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WHAT…• … does IMPROV bring. . . to a SERVANT-LEADER?

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• … does SERVANT-LEADERSHIP bring. . . to an IMPROVISOR?

• Self-awareness• Listening• Developing your colleague• Coaching not controlling• Foresight

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SERVANT-LEADER FUNDAMENTALS*

*Kent Keith, “The Case for Servant Leadership”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUO-pWJ0riQ

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“The Way of Improvisation”

• Play• Let yourself fail• Listening• Say “Yes, and …”• Play the game• Relax and have fun

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“Keep me posted on what else comes of your work. It sounds great. Best of luck!”

Dave Morris@davemorrisisa

thewayofimprovisation.com

• Be honest• Commit • Make bold choices• Connections cannot be

avoided• Respect choices made by

others

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WHAT ELSE IMPROV . . .

EXCERPTS from “Truth in Comedy” (Halpern, Close, Johnson)

• Welcome the silences• Nothing is ignored• Accept and build• Avoid preconceived

notions• HAVE FUN!

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WHAT ELSE IMPROV . . .

EXCERPTS from “Truth in Comedy” (Halpern, Close, Johnson)26

WHAT ELSE SERVANT-LEADERSHIP

• Unleashing energy & intelligence of others

• Challenge the pyramid• Humility• Building community• Empathy

IMPROV + LEADERSHIP• MIT Sloan• Capitol Creativity Network• UNC Keenan-Flagler• Applied Improvisation Network• Tabaee, F. (2013). Effects of Improvisation

Techniques in Leadership Development. Doctoral Dissertation. Pepperdine University Electronic Theses and Dissertations.

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• Mapping

• I’m A Tree

• Categories / Three Things

• Building community• Accept and build• Give and take• Developing your

colleague• Play the game• Make bold choices• Let yourself fail • Point of view

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IMPROV ACTIVITIES - WHAT SECOND BEAT: “WHAT” REVIEW


• “Yes, and …”• . . . with your peers,

family, colleagues, etc.

• “Yes, and … and”

• . . . with others andyourself


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HOW

• … YOU can• . . . learn• . . . understand

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• … YOU can• . . . practice• . . . behave

• Styles• Games• Short form• Long form• Different improv

performance styles

• Choose

• Practice

• Learn

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ON DEVELOPING AS AN IMPROVISOR

Farnaz Tabaee

LinkedIn: farnaztabaee

• Styles• Laissez-faire, Transactional, Transformational,

Servant-Leader, Shared, Improvisational, Conceptual-Complexity, Directive, Creative

• Different leadership styles

• Choose

• Practice

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ON DEVELOPING AS A LEADER

Tabaee, F. (2013). Effects of Improvisation Techniques in Leadership Development. Doctoral Dissertation. Pepperdine University Electronic Theses and Dissertations.

Retrieved from: http://tinyurl.com/improvPhD

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"Leadership style can either encourage or hinder the occurrence of improvisation. Servant leadership and shared leadership styles support collaboration, without strict controls or monitoring, and hence encourage the occurrence of improvisation. As servant leaders generally lead from a low status rather than a high status, focused on getting the best out of their followers, they encourage the occurrence and quality of improvisation in the organization. Similarly, in shared leadership -- another term used for rotating or team leadership -- leaders change as issues and competencies change, thus supporting collaboration and organizational improvisation."

FarnazTabaee

CALL BACK - FIRST BEAT: “WHO” EACH OTHER


• Listening

• Self-awareness

• Hierarchy

• Environment


• Listening

• Empathy

• Self-Awareness

• Developing your colleague

• Coaching not controlling

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CALL BACK - SECOND BEAT: “WHAT” INTERACT


• “Yes, and …”• . . . with your peers,

family, colleagues, etc.

• “Yes, and … and”

• . . . with others andyourself


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• Listening• Self-awareness• Hierarchy / Status

• High• Low

• Environment

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CALL BACK – IMPROV ACTIVITIES

• Building community• Accept and build• Give and take• Developing your

colleague• Play the game• Make bold choices• Let yourself fail • Point of view

HOW

• … YOU can• . . . learn• . . . understand

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• … YOU can• . . . practice• . . . behave

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BJ Fogg, PhD@bjfogg

bjfogg.com

• Stanford Persuasive Tech Lab• . . . http://captology.stanford.edu/

• Behavior Design• . . .

http://captology.stanford.edu/projects/behaviordesign.html

• Tiny HabitsTM

• . . . http://tinyhabits.com/

• Behavior Grid

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“Put Hot Triggers in the path of motivated people” – BJ Fogg Mantra

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MY FIRST TINY HABITSTM EXPERIENCE

BLOG POST:http://shirlnutkin.blogspot.com/2012/02/tiny-habits-revisting.html

• Overall goals• Drink more water• Tidy car• Quicker morning routine

• Tiny HabitsTM

• Office / Water glass • Garage / Car• Home / Work bag

• Self-awareness• Listening• Developing your colleague• Coaching not controlling• Foresight

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CALL BACK - SERVANT-LEADER FUNDAMENTALS*

*Kent Keith, “The Case for Servant Leadership” 46

CALL BACK - WHAT ELSE SERVANT-LEADERSHIP

• Unleashing energy & intelligence of others

• Challenge the pyramid• Humility• Building community• Empathy

CALL BACK: SECOND BEAT

• Play• Let yourself fail• Listening• Say “Yes, and …”• Play the game• Relax and have fun

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Dave Morris@davemorrisisa

thewayofimprovisation.com

“The Way of Improvisation”

SESSION GOALS

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WHO WHAT

HOW PRACTICE

FUN

• Dirty Hand Randy

• (More) Three Things

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IMPROV ACTIVITIES - HOW

• Try that on for size

• Bunny Bunny

• Mapping

THIRD BEAT: “HOW” REVIEW

L E A R N + U N D E R S T A N D

• Improvisor traits• Servant-Leader

traits• Similarities of

being an improvisor and servant-leader

P R A C T I C E + B E H A V E

• Yes, and … and

• Have fun

• Small steps

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There are BRIDGES yet to be constructed by those who live andbreathe in their ENVIRONMENT— AIR, LAND, and WATER.

Egos stand firm on the ground that they were bornand choose not to acknowledge that to get one step closer

they must go one step FURTHER.

- MY VISION IS TO CREATE THOSE BRIDGES.

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“Yes, and … AND …”

Shirley Rivera@anthrocubeology

Resource Catalysts

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“Yes, and … AND …”

Jeff Miller@jeffmiller79

[email protected]

That’s all folks…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saQJ8z4714w

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