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Classroom or professional environments can often create fear, squelch innovation, and reduce motivation by the way we respond to others’ ideas. In this activity—inspired by a standard improv comedy drill—participants learn how building on ideas rather than attacking them keeps divergent thinking flowing and fosters creativity.

   Video

   15 minutes

   By: Principled Innovation™ (PI)

   Educator-prep | Leader-prep


Making connections:

Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.

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