Improv skills + Neuroscience
= A Richer, Deeper Connection
Mission Statement
Facilitating harmony, diversity & productivity in individuals and groups, in order to empower productive collaboration.
My aim is to "make the world smaller" using techniques learned over 40 years of improvisation & corporate training.
Joe Bill
Joe Bill is widely regarded as one of the best teachers of Improvisation in America today.
He is one of the founding members of Annoyance Theater Chicago, was the Director of Corporate Training at iO Chicago for 15 years, and a Teacher & Guest Artist in Residence at The Second City Conservatory & Training Center for another 15 years. Joe first practiced improvisation in 1977 and studied and worked with Del Close from 1985 through the mid 90’s.
Joe is also a Senior Facilitator for The Ariel Group, specializing in Leadership & Personal Presence and Storytelling for Business People. He was the Master Facilitator of the Western U.S. for Ferrazzi Greenlight in their Trusted Advisor Initiative with General Motors from 2015-2016.
He has trained corporate clients in more than 80 Fortune 500 companies. Clients include NBC Universal, Disney, PepsiCo, Abbott Labs, Abbvie, GE, Leo Burnett, American Express, the CIA, and the Children's Miracle Network. He has taught in the Business Schools of the University of Chicago, Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, Duke, and The University of Virginia.
His clients range from C Level to new hires, in a number of vastly different industries. He is just as comfortable coaching Creative Teams, Corporate Leaders, and Television Stars as he is coaching Engineers, Analysts, and Actuaries.
Joe has also been touring internationally as an improvisational performer, teacher, and director for more than 20 years.
What Makes Joe’s Training Different
Improv skills + An Awareness of Neuroscience
= A Richer, Deeper Connection
In each of our heads, there’s a jazz musician and an engineer. Most people are led by one or the other. The engineering brain has an insatiable appetite for evidence and data that we are safe, right, and correct. It’s concerned with feeling secure because it sees us all as alone, together. The jazz brain is the part of our brain that is visual, artistic, and creative - and when it’s fully activated it intuitively knows that we are all connected to each other. This can be felt, for example, when a group of strangers all sing in harmony together at a concert.
In the corporate world, many people lead with their engineering brain (fixing problems, getting data input that everything is going as planned) while the jazz musician follows behind.
The goal when we’re improvising on stage or in life is to have our engineer and our jazz musician working in harmony with each other. In communication, what we’re usually lacking is the ability to be more connected with others and that’s where Joe’s training comes in. Joe uses improvisation techniques and neuroscience to bring people together, both inside themselves and out.
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