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Vicki Crooks
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- Parkersburg, WV
- United States
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- Where do you live and work? (City)
- Parkersburg WV
- Professional Skills
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- What is your main interest in this network?
- Education, Networking, Finding Partnerships, Improv Resources
- What kind of person are you?
- Morning
- What kinds of improv-related services are you involved in?
- Teambuilding, Creativity, Innovation, Problem Solving, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Stress, Life Skills, Character Development, Change Management, Sales, Presentation Skills
- Any niche industries, skills, etc?
- Director, Mediator, College Instructor
- How did you hear about this network?
- Been reading here for years
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Upcoming Events
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The You Name It Show Interview with Gary Hirsch
December 9, 2009 at 6pm to January 29, 2010 at 7pm – Gallery Paradiso
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Improv in Iraq: Playing with Freedom.
December 28, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – BATS Improv, SF
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Veterans Family Reintegration Project
January 2, 2010 to November 30, 2010 – Institute for Therapy through the Arts
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Using Techniques from Improvisational Theatre for Team Building
January 12, 2010 from 6pm to 8:15pm – Chicago Draftfcb - Auditorium on Floor 14 |
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Improv for Shy People
January 12, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – Oakland
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Essentially, I got to be involved and interested in improvisation within organizations because I used to be a Project Manager, and when I was doing my PhD, one of my Profs handed me a copy of a Moorman & Miner paper from 1998 (which is the year I started my PhD). When I read it, I thought: "all PM's do this !!!" - and I have been researching improvised work within projects (and elsewhere) ever since.
I have written fairly widely in this subject (papers downloadable at http://people.bu.edu/sleyb ), and my view is that most work in progressive modern organizations is actually improvised.
We tend to think that work follows existing documented processes and procedures, but my view is that we actually achieve tasks and activities by drawing on an 'informal' network of inter and intra organizational contacts and relationships, and we only fall back on 'process' when things start to go wrong.
Unfortunately, many organizations are not culturally adept at recognising, condoning, and/or encouraging improvised work, so much improvised activity is surreptitious - because if you improvise and it goes wrong within an unsupportive organization, then you are very exposed (because you do not have the luxury of shared responsibility based on shared planning).
However, if improvised activity goes well, then what is created is 'emerging best practice' - and good orgs capture and codify this for the benefit of the organization.
I would be happy to discuss this with you - either by email, or by 'phone...
Steve Leybourne