Here’s some of my take-away’s from last week’s Applied Improv Conference in Portland, Oregon. This was my fifth improv conference, and my focus has shifted from learning improv to furthering my understanding of how to incorporate and apply improv into...

This post is prompted by the question posed recently: “Has Viv dropped off the planet?” Well, no… not really. I’ve been on holidays – that’s vacation in America-speak, so that accounts for me being quieter than usual in the blogosphere and elsewhere....

Thought I’d try some live blogging. I’m at the Applied Improv Conference in Portland Oregon with about 100 other people. It’s day two – and Nick is our only keynote. The title of his session is called Touching the Heart: Exploring Core Values through...

One of the joys of blogging is ‘meeting’ people who challenge, inspire and are creative. Nancy White is one of those people and one day we WILL meet, face-to-face. But not this November. While I’m in Nancy’s home territory – the Pacific North West of...

I’ve written before about the flow of work and the seasons, and how my energy waxes and wanes according to the time of the year. This, and the  different time zones inhabited by my friends and colleagues, makes for some interesting connectedness – or...