158: Robert Poynton | Beyond Control. A Complex World Demands The Ability To Improvise

After studying at Oxford, Robert worked in a number of London best and most colourfully named advertising agencies before leaving to travel the world.He ended up in Spain, from where he never quite made it home. A serendipitous meeting (in Portland, Oregon) gave him away to make work into play (and play into work). The result was On Your Feet, which uses ideas and methods derived from improv theatre to help people work together better.Robert Poynton is an Associate Fellow of Oxford University’s Saïd Business School where he contributes, using improvisation, to a number of executive leadership programmes.—Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2011.Watch Rob's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/robert-poynton-beyond-control-a-complex-world-demands-the-ability-to-improvise

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