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Lessons from the Field: What Improv Teaches Us About Collaboration

Library Leadership & Management

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Title Lessons from the Field: What Improv Teaches Us About Collaboration
 
Creator Pappas, Erin
Dohe, Kate
 
Subject Communications; Library Science; Human Resources
collaboration; teambuilding; communication; improvisation; working relationships; organizational health
 
Description In this article, we delve into the ways that our working relationships benefit from techniques derived from improvisational comedy. This is not as unusual as it might seem at first glance: major corporations have long used consultants from Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade, and other established improv centers to foster collaboration, improve communication, and increase resilience among staff. These techniques help us navigate the shifting landscape of library partnerships, as well as through changing roles and responsibilities, promotions, and reorganizations. We share our techniques through an immersive workshop, and offer a few of its take-away lessons here.
 
Publisher American Library Association
 
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Date 2017-10-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7244
 
Source Library Leadership & Management; Vol 32, No 1 (2017)
1945-8851
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7244/6436
 
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