This podcast looks at the strong overlap between positive psych and improv. They summarise it as:
- Playfulness
- Step outside yourself
- Trust
They outline how both improv and leadership are about showing up as yourself with no script
Nearly 50% of people’s meaning at work is tied to what their leaders do
Meaning = community, contribution or challenge (any one of the 3)
Other people matter (Grant study, wellbeing is relationships)
Story about the Bride on Rhode island in the rain. People follow the bride. It’s ok if you’re ok.
Kelly Leonard tells a story about his son who had a rough time, as a theatre kid, with bullies at school. Kid attends summer improv class which he loved: “if you’re nice and funny people like you”
Israeli radiologists. Their reports are more accurate and more detailed when photograph of the subject included in pack
