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  • Nuremburg, Bavaria
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Nice post, thank you. I have referenced your notes at my blog workplayexperience.blogspot.com. All the best, Adam
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Thanks Drew! Your site is excellent - I'm adding you to the top blogs feed on my site right away!
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Adam--great post and awesome blog. Looks like I have some more reading to do now.
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March 28

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Where do you live and work? (City)
Live near Nuremberg and near Roseau, work Germany and worldwide
Professional Skills
I'm a professional actor, comedian, business coach and experience designer.

I use theatrical tools to help companies impress their customers and enjoy their work more.
What is your main interest in this network?
Education, Networking, Finding Partnerships, Improv Resources
What kind of person are you?
Night
What kinds of improv-related services are you involved in?
Teambuilding, Creativity, Innovation, Problem Solving, Change Management
Share a favorite 'improv epiphany'
Me: "How many ways are there to do this task?"
Group: "Three or four".
Ten minutes of impro later, we had fifty ideas...
More about you: (Short Bio or any other details you'd like people to know)
I'm an experience designer, a comedian, a psychologist, and a businessman. I'm a trainer, an actor, a singer, a stand-up, and a consultant who works all over the world in zoos, studios, and top businesses. I love good service, exciting advertising, and engaging experiences.
I'm an Englishman, but you'll usually find me in Germany or the Caribbean. I look for the fun in everything!
Let's talk! Call me at +49 157 7374 3115 (Germany) or +1 767 440 5413 (Americas).
Work Website
http://workplayexperience.com
Blog or other personal website
http://thebusinesscomedian.com
Check out my...(book, workshop, etc.)
http://www.der-brite.de/twelvetheatricaltools_v1.1.pdf
Other contact info (Your choice for phone, email, facebook, myspace, etc.)
+49 157 7374 3115
How did you hear about this network?
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Adam StJohn Lawrence

Improvised solutions impress customers more

(Written for non-theatrical managers and crossposted from my blog at www.workplayexperience.blogspot.com)

Throw away the script to be more authentic

Those of us who work on the stage are fortunate indeed - for we are blessed with an immediate and clear feedback system. If we work well, we are immediately rewarded with applause or laughter. If we do poorly, we are punished with silence, or jeers, or departure. (Or with another kind of laughter. Or with people throwing things. Or with people com… Continue

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 6:53am —

Adam StJohn Lawrence

Managing a creative environment

Playstorming your customer experience

(Written for non-theatrical managers, and crossposted from my blog at www.workplayexperience.blogspot.com)

The best ideas to improve your customer experience are already floating around in your team's heads. To get them into to the real world with the minimum of digging, you need to foster a special kind of working environment.

In theater, we talk about the rehearsal room as a "safe space". It's a place where experiment and failure are explicitly allowed… Continue

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 6:49am — 2 Comments

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At 5:35am on December 20, 2008, Frederique Thiriet-Smith said…
Hi Adam,
Welcome to the AIN. Nice to find you here.
Have a nice Christmas,
Fred
 
 

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