{"id":3298,"date":"2019-05-10T09:37:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T13:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/?p=3298"},"modified":"2020-09-03T05:52:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T09:52:49","slug":"does-your-career-need-an-improv-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/professional-development\/creativity-culture\/does-your-career-need-an-improv-lesson","title":{"rendered":"Does your career need an improv lesson?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For some people (or, I\u2019d argue, most), the idea of jumping onstage to perform improv is as joyful as a cold-sweat nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when you think about it, isn\u2019t improv what we do at work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re constantly collaborating with colleagues, executing ideas, and adjusting to complications on the fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re building something out of nothing every day. That\u2019s improv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, then, there are plenty of lessons to be learned from the technique itself. At a recent drop-in improv class at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weworknow.com\/\">WeWork Now<\/a> in New York City, Katie Hutch, a teacher at nearby improv theater and comedy school <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/thepit-nyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The PIT<\/a>, connected the dots from comedy to common workplace issues. I walked away feeling looser and lighter, but also armed with skills to take back to work. Here\u2019s what I learned about being a better listener, making people feel included, and how to value any idea, no matter where it comes from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Build a \u201cyes-obsessed\u201d team. <\/strong>In improv, the first guideline is to maintain a \u201cyes, and\u2026\u201d environment. The \u201cyes\u201d means accepting what the other person says and does, while \u201cand\u201d entails build on their reality and taking it to the next level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This mind-set easily translates to any group project. Instead of coming from a place of \u201cno, we can\u2019t do that,\u201d what if you said \u201cyes\u201d to every suggestion? You might end up with a far different outcome\u2014and that\u2019s a good thing. Coming from a place of \u201cyes\u201d also builds a project together as a team, instead of relying on a prescribed definition of what you think it should look like. This develops a sense of teamwork, not competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Exile the awkward. <\/strong>Workplaces are full of daily micro-interactions, whether that\u2019s making small talk with the CFO at the coffee machine or accidentally slamming the bathroom door on Katie from strategy. These don\u2019t have to be onerous; you can steal the improv technique of \u201cmirroring\u201d by observing the energy the person is exuding and sending it right back to them. Don\u2019t mimic their exact tone or movements, of course, unless you want some side-eye, but brief eye contact give you a sense of their mood. This can help you feel connected and present while also putting them at ease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Own your goof-ups<\/strong>. There\u2019s no looking backward when performing improv. Whatever happens, happens\u2014and you roll with it. Think about your day job: If you make a mistake in a meeting, say, by fumbling a presentation, it\u2019s more confident to own it than pretend nothing happened. If you point out your mistakes, this gives people around you permission to laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same truth holds if you miss a deadline for a project. Don\u2019t duck it. Take ownership. If you can reveal your humanness, you\u2019ll connect better with your coworker or boss. There\u2019s power to mine from your mistakes, and then you take the next logical step: \u201cYyes, and\u2026\u201d the situation and offer up how you\u2019re going to improve in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stop trying to calm everyone down. <\/strong>Imagine that your boss rolls in late and in a terrible mood. Her commute was strenuous, the dry cleaner lost her favorite shirt, and she forgot her morning smoothie. Now she\u2019s taking out all that manic energy on her job\u2014and maybe you. What do you do? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you try to mitigate her panic with an \u201ceverything\u2019s cool\u201d attitude, that is denying her energy. Instead, the improv-infused reaction would be to observe and acknowledge her reality\u2014\u201cwow, seems like a crazy morning\u201d\u2014and catch up to her pace. Rather than shutting down the energy she\u2019s bringing in to the workplace, try to jump in and get on the same page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Projecting is a shortcut to disaster. <\/strong>Ever viciously stewed over an office slight or seemingly terse email\u2026 that turned out to be 100 percent innocuous? Blame projection\u2014you were projecting what you <em>thought <\/em>someone did, instead of observing what was actually happening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In improv, the moment is moving too fast and you can\u2019t predict what your partner will do. You can only react to the <em>reality <\/em>of what\u2019s happening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what happens if you reread that snippy email? What does it <em>actually<\/em> say? Figure out the reality\u2014and then respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trust your partners. <\/strong>During one exercise, the improv-ers moved into a circle and were told to \u201cpass a clap around\u201d by clapping at the exact same time as the person you were passing to. We quickly learned that you could do this only by holding eye contact with your partner; you had to nonverbally communicate what you were doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We often pass off projects to people at work, so think about how important it is to have a similar check-in before signing off and taking a vacation. Rather than dumping an assignment in someone else\u2019s lap, provide a quick progress report so everyone can be on the same page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Give up trying to be the office clown. <\/strong>The funniest person in your office usually isn\u2019t the guy who barrels into every meeting with a prewritten \u201cjoke.\u201d Instead, it\u2019s probably the quiet listener who observes, then amps up the tone of any conversation. In other words, stay tuned in, read the room, and stop trying to be funny\u2014and the funny will find you.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some, the idea of jumping onstage is as joyful as a nightmare. 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