Monster Baby #82 Elements of Effective Collaboration (Part 2 of a Conversation with Matt Abrahams and Adam Tobin)

by | May 11, 2020 | Boundaries, Coaching, collaboration, Improv, Mindfulness, Miscellaneous, partnership, she persisted, Teaching, think fast talk smart

Screenwriter, Improvisor and Stanford instructor, Adam Tobin Communications expert, author and Stanford GSB instructor, Matt Abrahams  Effective collaboration brings great joy. How the heck does it happen? In Part 2 of their two-episode conversation, Lisa, Ted, and...

Monster Baby #81 Improvisationally Speaking (Part 1 of a Conversation with Matt Abrahams and Adam Tobin)

by | May 11, 2020 | Adam Tobin, anxiety, Coaching, Improv, Matt Abrahams, Mindfulness, Mindset, paradox, parents, public speaking, Teaching

Screenwriter, Improvisor and Stanford instructor, Adam Tobin Communications expert, author and Stanford GSB instructor, Matt Abrahams Speaking on the spot can be tough. And you can get better at it! In the first part of a two-episode conversation with Stanford...

Monster Baby #80 Let go. Appreciate more. Use everything. (And happy birthday, Monster Baby!)

by | Apr 19, 2020 | Brené Brown, Coronavirus, COVID-19, George Carlin, Improv, improv wisdom, leftovers, Mindfulness, Miscellaneous, Patricia Ryan Madson, positive thinking, Robert Poynton, Uncategorized

It’s a Monster Baby birthday: time to consider some improv wisdom! On the 4thanniversary of Monster Baby’s first episode, Lisa and Ted celebrate by going through a recent blog post from their mentor, Patricia Ryan Madson. They start with the obligatory COVID...