Getting to Yes, And

Conversations at the intersection of creativity and commerce.

Hosted by Kelly Leonard, Executive Director, Insights + Applied Improvisation, “Getting to Yes, And” features conversations with visionary writers, thinkers, and doers who are using creativity to challenge conventional business approaches. A Second Citizen for over 30 years, Kelly is the co-author of “Yes, And,” a book that explores the power of improvisation to transform businesses and individuals.

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Steps to High Performance

Guest: Marc Effron

Kelly talks to talent performance expert Marc Effron about the science behind high performance in business and where our focus should be to get the most out of our people.

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Rising Strong And Yes, And

Guest: Brené Brown

Kelly connects with Brené Brown to talk about her latest book “Rising Strong” and the parallels between her studies in vulnerability and the improvisational concept of “Yes, And.”

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Originals

Guest: Adam Grant

It’s our 50th episode! Kelly celebrates by talking to the great and smart Adam Grant, author of “Give and Take” and “Originals.” Adam has amazing stories and insights.

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Getting to Yes, And

Conversations at the intersection of creativity and commerce.

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Steps to High Performance

Rising Strong And Yes, And

Originals

Steps to High Performance

Joy

The Person You Mean To Be

Ethics, Medicine and Human Nature

God, Improv and the Art of Living

Business Chemistry

Designing Creativity at Apple

Rule Makers, Rule Breakers

Getting Out of the Office

Leading with Dignity

Marketing as Inclusion

The Expertise Economy

Marketing in the #FakeNews Era

No Mistakes

Great Leaders are Great Communicators

Start with Why

"Crushing the Box"

Applied Empathy

Powered by Storytelling

Brandstage: Using Improv and Comedy to Get to Truth.

Why it Pays to Break the Rules

How to Thrive in a World of Inevitable Copycats

Filmmaking + Improv

Improvisation For Autism

Elastic Thinking

Best Of Getting To Yes, And

The Mind Is Flat…And It Improvises

Unsafe Thinking

Participant Marketing

Sports, Sexism And How We Can Do Better

How We Work

In Defense Of Troublemakers

Everybody Lies

Helping Is The New Selling

Quirky

Dream Teams

Mastering Civility At Work

Great At Work

The Chaos Imperative

America Needs Talent

An Education In Comedy

The Culture Code

Organizations Improvise

Permission To Screw Up

The Undoing Project

Improvisation And Business

From Comedy To Congress

Activism, Education And Equity

Impeachment

Education, Access And Equity

Improv Nation: How We Made A Great American Art

Awakening Compassion At Work

Sticky Fingers

The Hacking Of The American Mind

Feminist, Upbeat And Sad

Seeing Into The Future

Smart, Pretty, Awkward And Reaching Out

Leadership Is An Improvisational Art

Thank You For Arguing

People, Purpose And Path

Comedy In The Era Of Trump

Failing Forward

Peak Performance

Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Improvisation For Care

Improvisation And Alzheimer’s – The Long Hello

The Surprising Power Of A “Useless” Liberal Arts Education

Extreme You

Chemistry, Comedy And Being In The Band

The Upside Of Stress

Why Simple Wins

The Leading Brain

Rediscovering Craftsmanship

Leading By Owning It