There is A Lot To Be Said About Fun

There is a lot to be said about fun — and I say it loud, with my hand in the air and a ridiculous hat. As a comedy improvisor, I’ve watched play do quiet, radical work: it loosens shoulders, unlocks words, and rewires how people show up for each other.

Improv training teaches a few deceptively simple rules — listen, accept, and build — that translate to life and the office. “Yes, and…” trains the brain to add instead of negate, turning criticism into contribution. The physical act of games and scenes releases endorphins and oxytocin, lowers stress, and interrupts rumination, so that people leave a workshop lighter and more present. That’s the healing part: rehearsal for spontaneity helps anxious minds practice trust and tolerate uncertainty in a safe, playful container.

For success-oriented professionals, improv is secret-sauce career development. It sharpens public speaking, quick thinking, storytelling, and emotional intelligence. Leaders learn to read a room without monopolizing it; teams learn to fail faster and recover together. In team-building contexts, improv softens hierarchy, fosters psychological safety, and gives colleagues real-time practice in collaboration — not as an abstract value but as a felt skill.

Practical tip: start meetings with a five-minute improv warm-up. You’ll see email-fueled stiffness melt into ideas that actually connect. Fun isn’t frivolous — it’s a training ground for resilience, creativity, and connection. So go on: make work more playable. There’s a lot to be said about fun, and most of it ends in laughter and better results.