16.1. Getting Started
The improv exercises I describe in this chapter can be used on their own or woven into workshops and meetings designed to strengthen networks and relationships. They also work well in leadership development programs that focus not just on the quantity of connections a leader requires but on the quality of those ties. Many of the exercises reinforce the behaviors Rob Cross and others have identified as creating energy in networks, such as being fully present in conversations and building on other people's ideas.[] Some of the exercises also provide opportunities for participants to practice some of the behaviors necessary for innovation: the ability to drastically change course or incrementally build on what currently exists. ...
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