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The EntreLeadership Podcast

#168: Kelly Leonard—Reversing “No, But" Thinking

The EntreLeadership Podcast

Lampo Licensing, LLC.

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.74.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Kelly Leonard, Executive Vice President of The Second City—the world’s premier comedy theater and school of improvisation—joins us to discuss how the skills used in improv can easily transfer to leadership and business. He shares techniques that can help any organization develop innovators, encourage adaptable leaders, and build transformational businesses. entreleadership.com/podcast E1D Book Deal Infusionsoft's Free Email Templates

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0:00.0

Music

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Helping business leaders grow themselves, their team and their profits.

0:12.0

This is the Entrez Leadership Podcast.

0:15.0

Now here is your host, Ken Gullman.

0:19.0

Broadcasting from the Music City, this is the podcast of leaders, by-leaders, four leaders.

0:24.0

Thank you so much for joining the conversation.

0:26.0

Our feature interview this episode is with Kelly Leonard.

0:29.0

He is the co-author of a book called Yes and How Improvisation Reverses No But Thinking

0:35.0

and improves creativity and collaboration.

0:37.0

This is great because this guy is the executive vice president.

0:40.0

He's a hot show up there in Chicago at the Second City, which if you haven't heard of the Second City,

0:45.0

I can tell you this right now.

0:47.0

This is one of the premier comedy clubs in all of the universe.

0:52.0

I mean, just Google it and see the big time comedy titans that have cut their teeth

0:57.0

and learned the comedy game under their tutelage.

1:00.0

And it's again, these people have figured out the science of improv and storytelling to make you laugh.

1:06.0

There's so much here, I was so excited to see this book and you're going to love this conversation.

1:10.0

We're also going to bring you some free resources from our team here at Entrez Leadership

1:13.0

and Infusion Salt has a new tool for this month, so excited to tell you about that.

1:18.0

But first, another special offer.

1:20.0

We're so excited.

1:21.0

As I speak to you right now, we're about a week and a half from our Entrez Leadership One Day livestream.

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