What Do Comedians and Wolves Have In Common?
They both have stuff to teach businesses, that’s what! There have been quality BBC articles and vids recently on new sources of inspiration for business development. One was comedy. You don’t have to think too hard to realise that the skills necessary in stand-up – creativity, improvisation, confidence, communication – are directly transferable to the world of work.
Neil Mullarkey leads the way here. You can read about his training organisation – called Improvyourbiz – and workshops here.
The next was about the use of wolves to model leadership and team-working skills! I noticed that several other coaching and training blogs have flagged up this remarkable story. However they didn’t provide any more information than was in the original article.
Using my amazing research skills I’ve managed to track this story to its source. The organisation who runs the training is called Team Venture. The exact name of this course is ‘Natural Leaders – Trainings with Wolves and Horses for Executives’. Chief instructor Dr. Janet Nagel, an Outdoor Trainer with a PhD in Engineering and project management experience at executive level.
As a trainer, I find both these directions extremely exciting. It makes me wonder, What other untapped areas of learning experience exist out there? Anyone for Star Wars?
Image credit: belgianchocolate.
