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Not another awkward trust-fall day. Improv is a workout for listening, presence, and quick thinking under pressure - the exact muscles good teams run on. My workshops are hands-on, warm, and actually fun, with takeaways people actually use on Monday.
You work directly with Matt - a specialist facilitator, not a big training vendor. Based in Melbourne and available interstate (travel billed at cost). Every session is tailored, with a clear quote before anything's booked.
No one's forced to be funny. Three things improv builds - and they reinforce each other. The exercises do the work; the debrief connects them straight back to how your team operates on Monday.
People learn to actually hear each other and build on it, instead of waiting to talk - in meetings, with clients, everywhere.
Thinking on their feet, staying calm when the plan changes, and saying "yes, and" to a colleague's idea instead of shutting it down.
A room where risk feels safe. Teams leave more willing to contribute, try things, and back each other - the basis of every good team.
Along the way people also get sharper presence for presenting and pitching, real connection across the team, and - reliably - an energy lift they still talk about weeks later.
Every session is tailored to the group in the room and what you want out of it. Common fits:
I had the pleasure of working with Matt for an improv workshop he designed for our company offsite. I cannot recommend him highly enough - he was engaging, entertaining, and made everyone feel comfortable, even in a typically uncomfortable situation (at least for us introverts). His exercises showed how our individual strengths contribute to the bigger picture, and how improv principles apply in real work contexts - client meetings, brainstorming sessions, customer service. If you're looking for a facilitator who can bring out the best in your team and make learning fun, Matt is the person you need.
Rian Newman · Senior Account Director + Head of Brand Experience, ImpactInstitute
A decade of studies across psychology and organisational behaviour has looked at what improv actually does for adults at work. The short version:
In controlled studies, even short improv sessions raised divergent thinking and comfort with uncertainty. A field study across nine companies lifted both individual and team creativity - and the gains compound with practice.
A 2024 randomised trial found a handful of improv sessions significantly improved empathy and perspective-taking. In one leadership workshop, every executive reported sharper listening.
Team studies link improv to more trust and "participative safety" - people's willingness to speak up. It builds with repetition, which is exactly why the debrief and follow-through matter.
The catch the research is clear on: the results come from skilled facilitation and a proper debrief that ties the play back to real work. That's the part I obsess over.
On the face of it improv looks like light-hearted fun - which it totally is - but I found it an incredibly valuable teacher of social dynamics, empathy, and shared vulnerability. It teaches you a lot about yourself, in a way that applies across many relationships.
Hamid · 2023
My social confidence has increased and I now listen to people when I converse with them. It's given me more belief in myself and I'm less concerned about embarrassing myself.
Russell · 2022
Get me out of my own head, stop overthinking, be in the moment - tick. Be a better listener in work, life and relationships - tick.
Emma · 2022
Thank you for making a daunting thing feel so easy. I came to improve on public speaking and being comfortable in my space, and I feel like I achieved that.
Caitlin · 2022
Fair question - it's the first thing most people worry about. No one is forced to perform or "be funny". The exercises are gentle, opt-in, and actually fun, and I read the room constantly. Even self-described introverts tend to leave glad they came.
Anything from a small team to a large group. Tell me your numbers and I'll shape the session so everyone stays involved.
Both. Most workshops run in person, and I also run virtual and hybrid sessions for distributed teams.
Whatever fits your goals - from a 90-minute taster to a half-day or full-day. We'll settle on the right shape in a quick discovery call.
Workshops are a flat rate, not billed by the hour. A half-day (around 3 hours) typically starts at $2,000, and full days from $2,500. Every session is tailored, so after a short discovery call I'll send a clear, itemised quote. I'm Melbourne-based and available interstate, with any travel billed at cost.
No pressure and no cost - just a chance to talk through your team, your goals, and what a workshop could look like. I'll follow up with a suggested shape and a clear quote.
Prefer to write instead? Send an enquiry and I'll come back to you.
Tell me about your group, your goals, and roughly when - I'll come back with a suggested shape and a quote.
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