What I learned
I learned to:
Listen
Honor
Be accountable
Be positive
Move things forward
Stay present
Reincorporate
Empathize
Reflect
My agenda
Negativity
Judgment
Control
Anticipation
Pre-determinate listening
More than readying me for the stage, it improved my life!
The practice of clear, accountable communication spilled over into my family, community and
work relationships, altering them forever. In 1990, I designed my first workshop for DSHS workers in Washington State, introducing tools to help them deal with stress and change. Ever since I have been visiting corporate cultures, installing a template for authentic, spontaneous, effective
interaction.
Most of us have been in groups that underachieve, due to a systemic inhibition of forward movement. This waste of time, energy, and talent can be avoided. Apply principles that govern the greatest improvisers in the world to your project! What I bring to your group is a true mission to pass the simple, identifiable, learnable, repeatable skills that so enhanced my own life to the people for whom it can have the most value. Your people.
--Matt Smith