by - December 8, 2024 10:49 am
Giving up control
The craft of improvisation is built on a few core foundational principles. First and the most widely known is the law of agreement, typically referred to as “yes, and.” Basically…
Author: Stacey Mason
by - October 24, 2024 12:58 pm
Replace judgment with curiosity
Replace judgment with curiosity. I don’t know if these words found me or if I found them, but they have transformed my life, my work and my understanding of human-ness….
by - August 14, 2024 5:03 pm
Human skills
It drives me a little crazy when we refer to the necessary workplace skills as a combination of hard and soft. I think what trips me up is the language….
by - May 8, 2024 12:05 pm
15 time wasters
We do lots of things with time. We keep time, spend time, use time and lose time. We sacrifice time, track time, make time and even buy time. And sometimes,…
by - December 10, 2023 8:51 am
It’s about honoring
Once a year, I sit down and write a love letter to improv. It is my ode to the craft. Improv changed my life, and I do not say that…
by - November 4, 2023 9:12 am
Happiness begets engagement
Gallup is regarded as the authority on the topic of employee engagement. Figures show employee engagement percentages across three spectrums: actively disengaged, not engaged (referred to as just there), and…
by - August 22, 2023 9:42 am
EQ is the game changer
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the game changer. I routinely tell folks that if you only invest in one area of personal development, please spend that time growing your EQ. It…
by - May 14, 2023 9:44 am
15 questions to ponder
“The unexamined life is not worth living” is a famous saying supposedly uttered by Socrates. Socrates believed that philosophy — the study of wisdom — was the most important (life)…
by - December 11, 2022 10:08 am
Improv advice in translation
Most advice is worthy of thorough examination. Often advice about one discipline — with just a bit of translation — has meaning in other disciplines. This translation process allows for…
by - October 27, 2022 11:00 am
Building the right culture
I wonder how many people can say that they’ve ever had their dream job. For me, it’s happened twice — the work I do now and the last role I…
by - August 21, 2022 10:55 am
Sitting in the tension
We talk about tension like it’s a bad thing. Maybe it’s just about stretching. Stretching and being able to hold differing points of view at the same time. Leading and…
by - May 16, 2022 11:16 am
15 phrases
Words have meaning; we should choose them carefully. I overheard someone say that years ago, and it struck a chord with me — and not just because I love language….
by - December 11, 2021 9:17 am
Full STEAM ahead
We are inundated with data. So the first business question we typically ask is a hard science question: What am I looking at here? And to answer that question requires…
by - November 18, 2021 8:01 am
A conversation on perspective
There’s an improv exercise I love called Fortunately/Unfortunately. A handful of people stand in a circle and move a storyline forward by adding information as players alternate between fortunately and…
by - August 21, 2021 9:07 am
Understanding how you’re wired
While no personality assessment can perfectly analyze all the behaviors that make you uniquely you, that’s still no reason to shy away from these insightful tools. In fact, I would…
by - May 13, 2021 12:33 pm
15 things learned since my 20s
Of all the twists and turns our lives take as we conquer careers and grow into the true leaders that we were meant to become, nothing is as powerful as…
by - December 14, 2020 11:05 am
Improv advice in translation
I have found that most advice is worthy of thorough examination. Often advice pertaining to one discipline — with just a bit of translation — has meaning in other disciplines….
by - November 4, 2020 11:45 am
Giving up control
The craft of improvisation is built on a few core foundational principles. First and the most widely known is the law of agreement, typically referred to as “yes, and.” Basically…
by - August 23, 2020 11:04 am
The art of effective communication
The number of words in the English language is 1,057,379.6. This is the estimate by the Global Language Monitor as of January 2020. While 1 million words is a generally…
by - May 18, 2020 1:38 pm
15 books on my nightstand
Reading is not only my first love but also my true love. I’m happiest with a book in my hand. It’s where I return time and time again to dream,…