Author Archives: Burgert

Team Innovation through Improvisation – Part 6

Team Innovation through Improvisation – Part 5

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Relationship
How to build team relationships that promote innovation.
The relationships between the members of an innovative team are based on trust and support. Your responsibility towards yourself is to be trusting and trustworthy, whilst your responsibility towards the rest of the team is to [...]

Improvisation class 9 – 29 June

Tuesday night was the last class of my second Level 1 improv class. What a blast! We just played performance games. I’m so proud of everyone. All the scenes you did would have pleased an audience. The first game we played was Spotlight. This game illustrated that to [...]

Team Innovation through Improvisation – Part 4

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Control
There must be a lot of give and take in a team in order for the team to be innovative. One person cannot have all the control while the rest just follow instructions. It is therefore a fine balancing act between taking [...]

Improv class 8 – 23 June 2010

Physicalization
Physicalization is the method used by improv players to create imaginary locations, objects, and events. The best way to help the audience and your fellow players see the objects and environments that you create is if you see it yourself.
We started the class with a guided fantasy into our imaginations. [...]

Team Innovation through Improvisation – Part 3

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Risk
For a team to be innovative individuals in the team must take risks and help the others to feel safe to take risks. Most people are terrified of taking risks because they are afraid of failing and how others will react when they [...]

Team Innovation through Improvisation – Part 2

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Communication
In order for a team to be creative together there needs to be a lot of interaction and information sharing.  This can only happen if the communication in the team is very good.  Your responsibility towards yourself is to be fully present and your [...]

Improvisation class 7 – 15 June 2010

Breaking routines
This Tuesday’s class was all about breaking routines.  And I’m going to break the routine by writing the rest of the blog in Afrikaans.
HierdieDinsdag inplaas daarvan om klas te hê, het ons almal by Basic bymekaar gekom vir ‘n glasie wyn.  Die rede daarvoor was omdat daar ‘n double booking op die saal was [...]