Business Improv: Turning the Ridiculous into Relevance

“Business Improv.” Sounds a bit weird, right? Can ridiculous comedy techniques help your business? If you have ever seen an improv comedy show, the last thing on your mind was probably, “Hey, that looks like it would be really helpful to me and my business.” After all, a typical improv comedy show will often have […]

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Finding Keynote Speaker Ideas

If you are planning an event, or planning on planning an event, then you could use some keynote speaker ideas. A good keynote speaker can absolutely make your event. A bad keynote speaker, on the other hand, can destroy your event before it’s even gotten started. Here are six places for finding great keynote speaker […]

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Adaptability in the Workplace: Think Better, Not Back

Adaptability in the workplace is hard for one very simple reason: change can be a giant pain in the you-know-what. Just when you think you’ve got a handle on things and start to feel comfortable, DING! The situation, economy, industry, or world changes on you. Change is inevitable. And yet, no matter how much we all know change […]

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Funny Motivational Speaker: Respond to “Ding Moments” in 9 Simple Steps!

As a funny motivational speaker, I speak to groups about how to use ideas from improv comedy to quickly and effectively respond to the unexpected. I call these moments the “Dings” of life (to see why, check out this video) Things will go wrong. Anyone can do well when everything goes exactly as planned. The […]

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Disengaged Employees? Don’t Take “Yes” For an Answer!

is one of the questions I am often asked to address in my keynote presentations and business training workshops. There are many tactics, but it all starts with realizing you have disengaged employees in the first place! One simple way of checking this is to see how frequently your employees are responding to you with “yes.” Having people around […]

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Solve an Interesting Problem

Do you want a simple (though not easy) way to innovate and create a competitive advantage, as an individual or organization? If so, the answer may lie in changing the type of problems you are trying to solve… I was listening to a podcast with Seth Godin and he said something that struck a chord […]

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Innovative Thinking: Change Your Starting Point

Innovative thinking is a critical skill, not just for cutting-edge technology companies but also for any professional who wants to solve problems, be more efficient, and move forward in their career or organizations. It can also be a tremendous help in improving your person life. In this video, Avish explains (and demonstrates) how to improve […]

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Problem Solving Techniques: Challenge Your Base Assumptions

One very powerful problem solving technique is to “challenge your base assumptions.” Problem solving and critical thinking are all built upon “base assumptions.” You can apply all the creativity in the world, but if you are starting off making the wrong assumptions then all the problem solving strategies in the world will be useless. In […]

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Applied Improvisation: Make a Strong Offer

It’s easy to come up with a lot of ideas. What separates people and organizations who succeed from those who struggle is that the ones who succeed take bold action. In improv (and applied improvisation), we call this, “making a strong offer.” In this video, Avish explains what that means and how you can use […]

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Improve Problem Solving by Avoiding “Binary Thinking”

Avoiding binary thinking is the key to being a better problem solver. In this video, Avish explains what “binary thinking” is and how avoiding it is one of the strongest creativity and problem solving techniques you can use (Transcription below). Does Your Team, Organization, or Association Need Help Breaking Out of Binary Thinking? If so, one […]

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