the Art of Making Sh!t Up: Using Principles Improv to Become an Unstoppable Powerhouse

Discover how a creative mindset can help you live up to your potential, remove fear, and embrace innovation Norm Laviolette has honed his talents through performing and presenting to thousands of people over the years. His unique comedy-inspired corporate training programs have been wildly successful, helping organizations such as Intel, Google, Twitter, and Nokia enhance their corporate cultures, strengthen teamwork and leadership, and instill powerful communication skills. His innovative blend of improvisation techniques and effective team-building methods has inspired and motivated people around the world. The Art of Making Sh!t Up: Using the Principles of Improv to Become an Unstoppable Powerhouse shares the lessons Norm has learned from his personal experiences founding and growing several multimillion-dollar companies. This engaging, lively, and sometimes irreverent book enables anyone to discover, develop, and employ their creative mindset. Unforgettable chapters—with titles such as Ushers, Vomit, and Why People Clean Bathrooms, The Fear of Looking Stupid, Patiently Impatient, and People Don't think About You as Much As You Think They Do—take readers on a humorous, yet meaningful, journey to creative freedom, personal growth, and professional success. The Art of Making Sh!t Up enables readers to: Remove the fear of failure and ignite the creative mindset within you Learn to listen to yourself and recognize when and how to trust your instincts Embrace and celebrate the ideas of others to create an inclusive and diverse culture Listen to other people and the surrounding environment to spark great ideas Communicate simply, clearly, and leave a meaningful, memorable, and positive impression on all those around you The Art of Making Sh!t Up will help develop and use new skill sets to be more productive, more accepting, and more "all in" to create a stronger teammate and team. As Norm says, "Since we are already bull-shitting our way through a good majority of our lives, we might as well embrace that fact and learn to use it for good instead of ill."

Work together to up your chances of business success The Art of Making Sh!t Up combines the lessons learned from a personal journey with the teachings derived from years of honing valuable skills through performing and presenting to thousands of people to demonstrate how working together has helped others found and grow several multimillion-dollar companies. By focusing on topics that serve as pain points and detailing the tools and techniques of improv, this book helps people and organizations utilize new skill sets to be more productive, more accepting, and more "all in" to create a stronger teammate and team. Remove the fear of failure Recognize when and how to trust your instincts Celebrate and embrace the ideas of others Listen effectively—to both people and your environment Thinking is hard. Listening is easy—and is most often the springboard to huge ideas. Find out how it can work for you with The Art of Making Sh!t Up.