The Art of Making Sh!t Up
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-394-18587-0 (ISBN)
The Art of Making Sh!t Up combines the lessons learned from a personal journey with the teachings derived from years of honing valuable skills through performing and presenting to thousands of people to demonstrate how working together has helped others found and grow several multimillion-dollar companies.
By focusing on topics that serve as pain points and detailing the tools and techniques of improv, this book helps people and organizations utilize new skill sets to be more productive, more accepting, and more "all in" to create a stronger teammate and team.
Remove the fear of failure
Recognize when and how to trust your instincts
Celebrate and embrace the ideas of others
Listen effectively—to both people and your environment
Thinking is hard. Listening is easy—and is most often the springboard to huge ideas. Find out how it can work for you with The Art of Making Sh!t Up.
NORM LAVIOLETTE is the Co-founder of Improv Asylum, IA innovation, Laugh Boston, and Asylum Gaming and Esports (AGE). He leads Improv Asylum and IA Innovation’s strategic business and artistic vision locally, nationally and globally. Norm has firsthand experience in building companies from start-up to multimillion-dollar businesses. Norm knows why culture is integral to long-term success and has built a team that exemplifies why communicating, listening and trusting are so important.
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 I Am Who I Say I Am 1
Chapter 2 Listening to Understand 9
Chapter 3 Building Off of Other People's Ideas 17
Chapter 4 From Spark to Flame 23
Chapter 5 The Fear of Looking Stupid 33
Chapter 6 People Don't Think about You as Much as You Think They Do 37
Chapter 7 Facing Failure: Be Wrong to Be Right 45
Chapter 8 Heightening 55
Chapter 9 Yes and, Maybe, No 61
Chapter 10 Small Decisions Add Up 77
Chapter 11 The Cult Factor 85
Chapter 12 Be Patiently Impatient 93
Chapter 13 Pain Tolerance 99
Chapter 14 Luck Is Like a Train 105
Chapter 15 Fire the Assholes 109
Chapter 16 Ushers, Vomit, and Why People Clean Bathrooms 113
Chapter 17 Diversity Is a Choice 119
Chapter 18 Are You Worth $10 an Hour? 123
Chapter 19 Nobody Knows Anything 127
Chapter 20 Who Gives a Shit? 131
Chapter 21 Everything I Know in Business I Learned from Coaching Girls Softball 135
Chapter 22 Trapped in the Bowels of the Grand Bazaar 145
Chapter 23 The Ambassador and the Bathroom 149
Chapter 24 China Talk 153
Author’s Note on "Shit" 163
Acknowledgments 165
About the Author 167
Index 169
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.04.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 227 g |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management |
| ISBN-10 | 1-394-18587-1 / 1394185871 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-394-18587-0 / 9781394185870 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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