Do Improvise

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  • INSPIRES ACTION & CHANGE
  • PRINTED ON FSC CERTIFIED PAPER
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Less Push. More Pause. Better results. A new approach to work (and life).

Robert Poynton 

Every day we deal with the unplanned and the unexpected, from a broken toaster to losing (or gaining) a major client. Our natural ability to improvise gets us through. But we feel as if we're winging it, rather than acting with courage and conviction. 

Robert Boynton teaches an acclaimed method to some of the world's biggest brands and companies, including Nike, Chanel and PwC. In this new edition, he shows u how these improvisational skills can be applied to the everyday business of work and life- helpings to navigate the daily obstacles and reminding us how the unplanned and the unexpected can be a source of wonder and delight.  

Do Improvise will help you to:

  • Become more productive without trying harder 
  • Overcome. creative blocks and generate new ideas 
  • Respond fluidly to circumstances beyond our control 
  • Realise that you don't have to know everything 

Not sure what to do next? Improvise. 


About The Author

Robert Boynton is an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School at the University of Oxford. His work there is practical not academic - he designs and runs executive education programmes, helping senior leaders understand and work with complex change via a playful approach drawn from the methodology of improvisational theatre. His own clients include the BBC, Chanel, Merck and Unilever. He is the author of Do Pause: You are not a To Do list (2019) and Do Conversation: There's no such thing as small talk (2024). He is the founder of Yellow, an online learning experience designed in response to the participants rather a pre-determined curriculum. He has been a contributor to The Skill World Forum and Singularity University Global Summit. He has led courses on leadership, change and complexity at the IE Business School in Madrid, Ashridge Business School and Schumacher College. He is married with three grown up sons and divides his time between Oxford and an off-grid house in Spain.

Product Details

Published: May 2013, new edition 2022
Dimensions: 122 x 187mm
Extent: 160 pages

Artwork: Improvised colour illustrations by Nick Parker

Paper & print details: Printed by OZGraf Print on Munken, an FSC-certified paper