When companies run into trouble, the C-suite often defaults to secrecy, sharing updates on a need-to-know basis. But when that happens, people make stuff up
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Every once in a while, we hold what we call “Pop Up” improv shows. These are 45-minute free shows in the basement of a local
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In the working world, most successful ventures are group projects. No car is manufactured by a single person, no airplane is built and flown by one person,
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Last summer, my 16-year-old son entered into a Swiss program designed to help him find a career. It allowed him to spend one week in
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Unilever fired Ben & Jerry CEO David Stever. Violent activists are attacking Tesla and Tesla owners, causing extensive damage and resulting in arrests. What on earth do these two
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Gen-Z is an utter failure when it comes to job hunting. That’s what headlines like “1 in 6 Hiring Managers Report Gen-Z Candidates Using Their
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My improv team was supposed to have a popup show next week. Through the blessings of fate, I learned that the same venue had booked
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The job posting had a clear salary range listed: $104,000 to $194,000. That’s a ridiculously wide range, but my friend Tiffany (name changed for privacy) met all
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What does Employee Appreciation Day have to do with Improv-ing Your HR? Well, everything! Because improv is all about service! Service is about making employees’
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I talk about improv incessently. I teach and perform improv as often as I can. (My beginners class has their showcase tomorrow, so if you’re
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Who owns that business? That should be an answer that is easy for any business to provide. After all, don’t all employees know who the
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Do you need someone to do something for you for free? I get lots of requests to do things for free. Sometimes, I say yes.
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The Associated Press called it an “extraordinary request,” but it’s certainly not extraordinary. In fact, it’s incredibly ordinary for employees to report what they are working
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This morning, I needed to make two vet appointments for my cats. I’m an American in Switzerland, so that means I need to make a phone call in German.
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I’ve always hated the terms “work wife” and “work husband.” They imply a level of intimacy that you should not have at work unless you work with
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Why is child of the “just say no” generation sponsoring a webinar on the devil’s lettuce? Boy have times changed! I was born in 1973,
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