By Michelle Holliday. Original post was here solarium.cambiumconsulting.com.

[I recently wrote a perfectly fine blog post about Belina Raffy’s visit to Montreal and her efforts to “use improv to save the world.”  That post is accurate. But it left me dissatisfied and mildly annoyed.  It seemed only to scratch the surface of something that's actually earth-shattering.  So here’s the post I really wanted to write. Enjoy!]

When we think about improvisation, we think of theatre.  We think of acting in a role that isn’t connected with reality.  We think of the need to be funny, even silly.  At best, it’s frivolous and fun.  At worst, it’s anxiety-producing.  (“She’s not going to make us do role-playing, is she?” several people asked with considerable dread when I told them I had invited Belina to come speak about using improv in organizations.)