Improvisation

Pat on the Back

Mike Bonifer | Posted 12.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Touching, Mike Bonifer, Improvisation, Gamechangers, Business, Sexual Harrassment, Networked World, Communication, Employee Relations, Work, Hr, Human Resources, Corporate Environment, Workplace, Bonifer, Martin Ett, Obsessicom, Business News
Mike Bonifer

Touching is a vital element of communication, but between the computer culture and the corporate playbook, it is being systematically eliminated from the game.

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Improviser in Chief

Mike Bonifer | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Games, Improviser in Chief, Tim Geithner, David Brooks, Mike Bonifer, New York Times, Obama, Afghanistan, Bonifer, NY Times, Improvisation, Gamechangers, Scenes, Mission Accomplished, Iraq, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

David Brooks expresses a mystifying lack of comprehension at how the Obama team rolls.

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Real Food Rehab: How to Get Out Of A Salad Rut

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 11.04.2009 | Style

Read More: Healthy Eating, Salad Combinations, Salad, Chopped Salad, Farmers' Markets, Salad Dressing, Dressing a Salad, Improvisation, Making a Salad, Style News
Dana Joy Altman

This journey is about you in your kitchen without the safety net of a formal recipe, throwing together ingredients you might not ordinarily consider using or combining and seasoning them to your taste.

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McChrystal Method

Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: 000 Troops, 40, Pentagon, Afghan War, Stanley McChrystal, A Christmas Carol, Improvisation, Disney, Gamechangers, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

A character like Stanley McChrystal cannot afford to show vulnerability to his enemies, and by enemies I mean anyone who would prevent The 40,000 from going into production with him as its star.

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Child Star Grows Up, Avoids Reality TV -- An Interview with Jaleel White

Nate Jones | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Webisodes, Family Matters, Road to the Altar, Jaleel White, Urkel, Web Video, Improvisation, Entertainment News
Nate Jones

"I feel like the web series is the actor's mixtape now," said White.

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Why Ayn Rand Does Not Matter (and Viola Spolin Does)

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Ayn Rand, Innovation, Viola Spolin, Sustainability, Cadillac, Gamechangers, Improvisation, Objectivism, Great Depression, World News
Mike Bonifer

Viola Spolin's improvisation is a way for individuals to participate fully and authentically in the solving of problems.

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Our Long Economic Improv Show Has Just Begun

John Marshall | Posted 04.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Improv, Financial Crisis, Second City, Obama, Money, John Belushi, Improvisation, Monetary System, Comedy News
John Marshall

Our improviser-in-chief, Barack Obama, is no stranger to this principle. He's from Chicago, the home of Second City. So while Lincoln is an influence, Belushi must be, too.

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Follow the Fear

Mike Bonifer | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Mike Myers, Optimism, Potential, Improvisation, Gamechangers, Usc, Business, Productivity, Networked World, Bill Murray, Ted Turner, Del Close, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Fear, Tina Fey, Economy, Recovery, Environment, Living News
Mike Bonifer

Do what makes you uneasy. Do the thing that scares you most. There, you will discover new worlds. Follow the fear. Out of it, you will grow.

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Senate Wanking Committee

Mike Bonifer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus Package, Improvisation, Disney, Senate, Spolin, Government, The Senate, The Great Depression, Economic Injustice, Obama Administration, Bernie Madoff, Legislation, Injustice, The Stimulus Package, Wanking, John Lasseter, New Deal, TRON, Fdr, 1932, Shepard Fairey, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

Quit all the debating about the work and get to work, to the business of getting citizens into lifeboats. A seat on a lifeboat will lead to a profoundly productive life that will benefit all of us.

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Taking the Stage for Improvisational Comedy

Danny Groner | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jokes, Kathy Griffin, Comics, Humor, Stand-Up, Writing, Improv, Comedy Writing, Joke, Comic, New Years 2008, Times Square, Comedians, Stand-Up Comedy, Sense of Humor, Snl, Comedy, Improvisation, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

I enrolled in a free introduction to improv course at a local theater this week to spend time working with talented performers.

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How a Team of Rivals Collaborates

Mike Bonifer | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: William Gates, Clinton, Team of Rivals, Chicago, Neva Boyd, Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Cabinet, Obama, Ari Gold, Improvisation, Viola Spolin, Hyde Park, Gamechangers, Business News
Mike Bonifer

A lot has been made of Obama's casting of the key roles in the new administration. There is astonishment aplenty that he's put together a team of strong personalities and former rivals.

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How Obama's Improvisation Trumps McCain's Script

Mike Bonifer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Campaign, Strategy, Mike Bonifer, Bonifer, Improvisation, Republicans, Business, Democrats, Gamechangers, Barack Obama, Networked World, Narrative, Scripting, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

For any organization like the U.S. government that has a significant presence in the Networked World, improvisation is vital. Non-stop learning is the cornerstone of innovation and growth.

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Thank You, Comedians!

Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Entertainment, Politics, Mike Bonifer, Improvisation, Gamechangers, Communications, Sarah Palin, John.I.Am, Steven Colbert, Sarah Silverman, Comedians, Conan O"Brien, Chris Rock, Bonifer, Tina Fey, David Letterman, Bill Maher, john.he.is, Comdey, Jon Stewart, Opus Moreschi, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

In the Age of Irony, there is no such thing as just a pig. It's what kind of joke you make about the pig that gets your point across. Its your mega-pig that counts.

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Letter to the Undecideds

Mike Bonifer | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Football, Abortion, Undecideds, November Election, Anti-Abortion, Mike Bonifer, Gun Owners, Mccain, Obama, Improvisation, Nascar, Guns, Bonifer, Gamechangers, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

He is the kind of hunter who, sooner or later, is going to shoot another hunter.

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The Microhoogle Scene: An Analysis

Mike Bonifer | Posted 06.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Microsoft, Analysis, Terry Semel, Disney, Hollywood, Business, Google, Networked World, Microsoft Yahoo, Improvisation, Redmond, Business News
Mike Bonifer

By playing its aggressive game with Yahoo, Microsoft has dominated the dialogue, and has painted the Yahoo brand as an overvalued poser and an insincere tease.

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