The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Summary: Our listeners say, “If TEDTalks met Oprah you’d have the Unmistakable Creative.” Eliminate the feeling of being stuck in your life, blocked in your creativity, and discover higher levels of meaning and purpose in your life and career. Listen to deeply personal, insightful, and thought-provoking stories from the world’s leading thinkers and doers including best-selling authors, artists, peak performance psychologists, happiness researchers, entrepreneurs, startup founders, artists, venture capitalists, and even former bank robbers. Former guests have included Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, Justine Musk, Scott Adams, Rob Bell, David Heinemeier Hansson, Elle Luna, Jordan Harbinger Brett Mckay, and Simon Sinek.
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In this episode of the podcast, Tom Yorton, CEO of SecondCity Works, Chicago’s world renown improv theater whose alumni include Steven Colbert, Tina Fey and many other high profile comedians talks about what the world of improv can teach us about creation, communication and collaboration. Finding different ways to connect with an audience The role that music played in Tom’s career Redeveloping curiosity and tolerance for risk Why the resume building approach to education hurts kids Developing adaptive skills and becoming an agile learner Finding the through line of your career Using humor as a way to get to the truth Applying the improviser’s tool kit to your work Key concepts from improv that allow you to communicate, create and collaborate more effectively Quotes Life is a series of happy accidents if you want to look it that way. Resources Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses “No, But” Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration–Lessons from The Second City 3 Improv Exercises That Can Change The Way Your Team Works As CEO of Second City Communications, Tom Yorton is creating a positive, disruptive force that changes how people communicate, collaborate and learn in the business world. His work is guided by a fundamental assumption: Business is an act of improvisation. Through comedy, his organization brings sorely needed humanity and authenticity to work environments by challenging unproductive conventions in marketing, learning, business development, and internal communications.
In today’s special solo episode of the podcast, I decided to share a short preview of our latest writing project, The Compass.
