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Interactive workshops that help leaders and teams listen better, adapt faster, communicate clearly, and collaborate more effectively.
A Different Way to Develop Leaders
A Different Way to Develop Leaders
Leadership skills are often discussed in meeting rooms and slide decks. Applied improv gives people a chance to practice them.
Through accessible, experiential exercises, participants work on listening, adaptability, presence, trust, communication, and responding productively when the next step isn’t completely predictable.
No improv experience required. No one has to be funny.
What Applied Improv Develops
What Applied Improv Develops
Listen Better
Listen Better
Practice being fully present, recognizing what others are offering, and responding rather than simply waiting to speak.
Adapt Faster
Adapt Faster
Build comfort with uncertainty, changing circumstances, and ideas that weren’t part of the original plan.
Build Together
Build Together
Explore trust, shared ownership, and how groups create something stronger together.
Workshops
Workshops
Leadership Development
Leadership Development
Experiential workshops focused on communication, adaptability, presence, collaboration, decision-making, and navigating uncertainty.
Teams & Organizations
Teams & Organizations
Interactive programs that help groups strengthen communication, trust, and their ability to build on one another’s ideas.
Colleges & Universities
Colleges & Universities
Programs designed for student leaders, professional staff, leadership institutes, retreats, and other higher-education audiences.
Programs can be customized for your audience, goals, and available time.
Programs can be customized for your audience, goals, and available time.
What to Expect
What to Expect
Participatory, not performative.
These aren’t comedy classes disguised as professional development. Participants work through structured exercises, followed by discussion and reflection.
You don’t need improv or theater experience. You won’t be expected to prepare material, perform a scene, or try to be funny.
The goal is learning through experience.
About Ian
About Ian
Ian A. Martin is a leadership educator, facilitator, and improviser whose work sits at the intersection of leadership development and applied improv.
His background in higher education and student engagement, combined with years of improv performance and teaching, shapes an approach that is practical, experiential, and grounded in how people actually communicate and collaborate.
His workshops use the principles and practices of improv to help leaders and teams become more present, adaptable, and effective together.
Let’s Talk
Let’s Talk
Looking for a different approach to leadership or team development?
I’d be happy to learn about your group, what you’re hoping to accomplish, and whether applied improv might be a good fit.
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