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Bob Kulhan speaks to The Wall Street Journal about the effectiveness of teaching tactics used in our Dynamic Management program.
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Quick Thinking
Successful management often requires quick, decisive action. Our Dynamic Management program trains you to think on your feet and react effectively.
In 1999, improvisation professional Bob Kulhan and management scholar Craig Fox collaborated to produce our Dynamic Management program. It's the first program of its kind at a top-tier business school.
The 3-day program deploys a unique blend of scientifically grounded management insights, applied case discussions, and experiential learning exercises.
Refine Your Skills
The Dynamic Management progam combines interactive classroom lectures and discussions with experiential learning exercises that are adapted from theatrical improvisation, designed to train you to perform at the top of you intelligence. You will be taken outside your comfort zone through these energizing, stimulating, and motivating improvisation exercises that are applicable to real world challenges.
This program builds management and leadership skills by training you to thrive in dynamic environments, and maximize your individual, team, and organizational effectiveness. You will:
- Use intuitive judgment
- Learn to leverage available resources and act in the moment
- Refine your abilities to respond to unanticipated challenges
- Promote innovation and creative problem solving
- Build trust and teamwork
- Foster better communication
Participant Satisfaction
"I was given useful tools to improve my creativity and to elicit it from others. It [improv] enabled me to innovate by putting me in unexpected situations where I could articulate crazy ideas without fear of criticism. It was an excellent method to practice real-time decision making, with the flexibility to make mistakes without negative consequences."
Gary Flye
VP, Database Manager
Wells Fargo
Past participants have been overwhelming pleased with this program. A recent class survey showed that "overall program satisfaction" received the top rating from 100% of survey respondents.
Verbatim responses included:
"It was superb."
"Very well organized. An interesting, relevant, and fresh approach."
"A very dynamic program that has a lot to offer to those working with teams."
"The best class I've ever taken. Excellent mix of lecture and practice and teaching."














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