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Custom-designed solutions incorporate evidence-based practices, research, and practical experience gained from decades of working with professionals on the ground.

Proven Strategies

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Improv-based, playful, and experiential methods sustain participant engagement and ensure that every voice is heard — plus, we have ourselves a little fun along the way!

Engaging Methods

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Addressing complex challenges requires leaders to create environments of safety and transparency where professionals can sustain focus on the hard work of change.

Sustained Change

  • Regardless of the venue size, participants will be actively engaged in the learning experience and receive practical takeaways.

  • Tailor-made, interactive, and fun workshops will focus on solutions and leave participants energized and armed with new skills.

  • Ongoing support helps teams and individuals to apply new learning and stay engaged in the hard work of creating sustainable change.

100% Customizable ~ Accessible ~ In-person and Online Options

Improv-based methods? What’s that all about?

  • Applied improvisation is the intentional use of improvisational theater principles and practices outside of theatrical performance to support communication, collaboration, creativity, human and organizational development, and professional learning. Applied improvisation extends beyond theater and into fields such as education, business, healthcare, leadership, counseling, community development, and organizational change. At its core, applied improvisation uses structured, interactive experiences to help people learn by doing, reflecting, and interacting with others in supportive environments that encourage curiosity and psychological safety. Applied improvisation is grounded in the belief that people learn and grow through interaction, play, experimentation, and shared meaning-making. It emphasizes responsiveness over perfection and collaboration over competition, making it a flexible and human-centered approach to learning and teamwork.

  • Applied improvisation is a powerful experiential approach to learning, human development, and organizational change. Research on applied improvisation shows that it supports individuals and organizations to:

    • Increase adaptability and flexibility

    • Improve communication and collaboration

    • Build stronger community and connections

    • Strengthen employability and professional skills

    • Optimize accessibility and self-determination

    • Upgrade leadership capacity and skills

    • Boost mental health and resilience

    • Scale and sustain implementation of new initiatives

How can Dr. Jim help your organization to solve important problems?

Dr. Jim Ansaldo uses improv-based activities to strengthen adaptability and flexibility in organizations.

Increase Adaptability & Flexibility

Dr. Jim Ansaldo uses improv-based activities to strengthen communication and collaboration in organizations.

Improve Communication & Collaboration

Dr. Jim Ansaldo uses improv-based activities to strengthen community building in organizations.

Build Stronger Community & Connection

Dr. Jim Ansaldo uses improv-based activities to strengthen student employability skills.

Strengthen Employability & Professional Skills

Dr. Jim Ansaldo uses research-based strategies to increase accessibility in organizations.

Optimize Accessibility & Self-Determination

Dr. Jim Ansaldo uses research-based methods to strengthen adaptive leadership skills.

Upgrade Leadership Capacity & Skills

Dr. Jim Ansaldo uses research-based strategies to improve mental health in organizations.

Boost Mental Health & Resilience

Dr. Jim Ansaldo uses research-based strategies to help organizations sustain implementation of new initiatives.

Scale & Sustain Implementation of New Initiatives

Who does Dr. Jim work with?

Professionals

Educators and related professionals, including administrators, school psychiatrists and social workers, speech-language pathologists, and employment support specialists.

Stakeholders

Elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students, apprentices and interns, businesses and community partners, government agencies, and family members.

Both! Together!

Bringing professionals and stakeholders together to play, learn, and work together increases connection and trust, strengthens outcomes, and builds a community focused on solutions.