Beyond the Laughter: The True Essence of Improvisation

In this podcast Shane Hastie, InfoQ Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Ted DesMaisons and Lisa Rowland who spoke at QCon San Francisco on The Improvisor's Code: Engineering Your Best Self Why listen to this podcast: - The skills of improve are applicable outside a theatrical setting - You don’t have to be an extrovert to use these ideas - These are intra-personal skills as well as inter-personal – they help develop mindfulness and awareness at the individual level - The study of improvisation gets us good at agility, adapting to changing circumstances More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2lZBp13 You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq