The Applied Improvisation Mindset

Theresa Robbins Dudeck, PhD, is a theatre scholar-practitioner, writer, and producer. She works globally, applying the power of impro to pedagogy, leadership, collaborative creation, and social change. Caitlin McClure has been researching, studying, performing, directing and teaching improv and applied improv since 1995. She designs and facilitates play-based experiential learning programs for global organizations.

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Theresa Robbins Dudeck and Caitlin McClure

PART ONE: Developing the Leaders We Need
1.Improv is the Gym: Presentation Skills and Beyond at H4B’s Catapult College -Kat Koppett (arts practitioner, USA)
2.The Business School Collaboration Lab: Turning Leader Development Into a Rigorous Experiment in Creative Collaboration - Pamela Burke (Stevens Institute of Technology and Columbia University Teachers College, USA)
3.Developing Strategic, Action Oriented, and Mindful Leaders - Petro Janse van Vuuren (University of the Witwatersrand School of Arts, Johannesburg, South Africa)

PART TWO: Developing the Youth We Need
4.The Improv Project’s Detroit Yes, And - Peter Felsman (Stony Brook University, USA) and Tiger Veenstra (arts practitioner, USA)
5.Spontaneity in Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy: Valuing the “In-between” and “After” of Applied Improvisation -
Moriah Flagler (The Ohio State University, USA)
6.Of Course We Improvise! What the Best Teachers Do (and how they do it) - Nick Sorensen (founder of The Improvising School, UK)

PART THREE: Developing the Communities We Need
7.Trips to No-Mistakes-Land: Improvisation as a Meta-Skill for Doctoral Students - Gunter Lösel (Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland)
8.Transforming the Culture of Communication in Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School - Raquell Holmes (arts practitioner, USA) and Mia Anderson (arts practitioner, USA)
9.Playing Around with Changing the World - Carrie Lobman (Rutgers University, USA) and Marian Rich (arts practitioner, USA)
10.The Joy of Dementia - Mary Fridley (East Side Institute, NYC, USA) and Susan Massad (East Side Institute, USA)
11.A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Disaster: Reimagining Learning for the Humanitarian Sector
Barbara Tint (Portland State University, USA) and Bettina Koelle (arts practitioner, South Africa)

Appendices
A. Key Improvisation Tenets and Terms
B. About the Workbook and List of Exercises
Bibliography
Index