Improvisation: a leadership dojo for an interconnected world
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This is a presentation from "Using Improvisation for Appreciative Intelligence", a doctoral seminar co-taught by Tiff von Emmel and Tojo Thatchenkery, at Fielding Graduate University, School of Human and Organization Development, on January 11, 2013. Thanks to: Tojo Thatchenkery | http://appreciativeintelligence.com Fielding Graduate University | http://fielding.edu
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Improvisation: a leadership dojo for an interconnected world
- 1. Improvisation: a leadership dojo for an interconnected world
- 2. presented at Using Improvisation for Appreciative Intelligence Human and Organization Development PhD program Fielding Graduate University, January 11, 2013 Co-taught by: Tiffany von Emmel, PhD Tojo Thatchenkery, PhD vonemmel.com appreciativeintelligence.com
- 3. Alexandreena Dixon and audience at Newburg Jazz Festival, U.S. What is improvisation?
- 4. Improvisation is a cultural practice Originated as spiritual practices in group-oriented cultures in Africa, Asia, Latin America
- 5. migrated as art in individual-oriented cultures Europe and North America Eco art, disability art, feminist art Dance-theater in Tokyo, Berlin, San Francisco Theater improv in Canada and U.S.
- 6. Improvisation is a process Mindful responsiveness to relations that generates positive development
- 7. Kandinsky, Flood Improvisation, 1913 Why practice improvisation?
- 8. Perform a better world. Wisdom is the cultivation of an ever-increasing capacity for responsiveness to our relations, unfolding moment to moment. Peter Hershock, Liberating Intimacy, Ch'an Bhuddism
- 9. Transform a deforested Self. Passivity (Alaine Touraine) Shallow perception (David Abram) Impoverished imagination (Maxine Greene) Fragmentation (Susan Griffin) Consuming mode of desire (Peter Mclaren)
- 10. Develop leadership as... ...transformation of all kinds. ...a process that everyone participates in. Rost, Joseph, Leadership for the 21st Century
- 11. Software engineer from San Francisco and Kenyan youth leader, during storm and power outage, Nairobi, 2012 How does improvisation work?
- 12. Your use of self Connect often Appreciate context Build on offers (Yes, And) Engage diversity Reframe stories Follow the joy
- 13. When more perception is engaged, more relations are appreciated. Connect often.
- 14. Two experiential activities in trios: Reframe Dreamer and the Dream Post-activity discussion: In the moments that you felt joy, what was happening in the trio? What did you notice about your use of self? Which aspects of improvisation were in process? What aspects of appreciative intelligence did you notice?
- 15. Create conditions for organizational improvisation. Values: joy, generosity, openness, respect, growth Vision of good Facilitation training Practice labs Rituals Environment: space, objects, time, gestures
- 16. Apply improvisation wherever you are. Psychology Leadership development Social and ecological justice Organization development Team development Arts-based Inquiry reference: Applied Improvisation Network
- 17. Kandinsky, Improvisation iii, 1911 How might you apply improvisation in your world?
- 18. Play on... For research, consulting, and training projects, contact: Tiffany von Emmel, PhD vonemmel [at] gmail [dot] com http://vonemmel.com