Business Improv
1990s-present (formalized 2000s)
Also known as Corporate Improv, Managerial Improv
Applied-improv work focused on corporate contexts: leadership, sales, management, negotiation, conflict resolution, meeting culture.
Known for
- Bob Kulhan's Business Improv (founded 2001) and Second City Works are the two largest US firms; each has trained Fortune 500 execs.
- Duke Fuqua's 'Workshop in Managerial Improvisation' (Kulhan) has been a top-rated MBA elective for over a decade.
- Core curriculum usually covers: listening, status agility, accepting offers, handling ambiguity, generative conflict, post-pitch recovery.
- Less about stage technique, more about the mindset — 'Yes, And' as a decision-making default, not a rule.
Connected to
Schools & Theaters
second city works
People
bob kulhan