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Title: Improvisation, Inc.: Harnessing Spontaneity to Engage People and Groups by Robert Lowe, Robert Lowe ISBN: 0-7879-5142-0 Publisher: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: A Solid Effort!
Comment: Robert Lowe provides a hands-on guide to using the techniques of improvisational theater to increase spontaneity and creativity in the workplace. He shows how to use these "improv" techniques to improve communication, break down bureaucracy and help people in your organization express their talents. He includes many examples, including guided visualizations, fill-in questions and exercises, along with personal stories and accounts from his workshops. While some of the tips on creativity and visualization will sound familiar to those who know self-help literature, Lowe's background in theater and improv makes his approach fresh. We [...] recommend this book as a useful guide for top managers and for anyone leading or working with a group or team. Here's why the show must go on.

Rating: 4
Summary: More than just GAMES!
Comment: I read this book from cover to back, constantly discovering wonderful new things that as an exeperienced improv performer, never quite knew or understood. Mr. Lowe does a splendid job at presenting "easy-to-read" metaphors on how the art of improv can benefit the small to the very large corporation. I would highly recommend this book to not just the savvy CEO but to the SAVVY improv performer who wishes to break out of the stage arena and right into the corporate training world.

Hold on to your seat, Lowe doesn't just present old Spolin games, he defines their use in our technological highly-communication-based era.

Rating: 2
Summary: A bit deceiving...
Comment: I purchased this book and hungrily read it cover to cover. I had looked at the reviews and was expecting a book that would transfer the skills of improvisation to a corporate environment. The book is well written, but does not deliver on its promise. It spends way to much time rambling on about sizes of groups and spiritual references. Of the 263 pages, about 10 are relevant to corporate trainers, and improvisation techniques that are appropriate in business. Disappointing.

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