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Let Me Entertain You

Duration:
25 minutes
First broadcast:
Tuesday 12 January 2010

The office awayday allows team members to head off out of their place of work. Outsiders are brought in to lead the workers in surprising stunts which take them outside the constraints of their everyday working lives in the hope they will learn new skills which will help them be more productive. In this edition of Global Business Peter Day gets outs and about to find out what business leaders can learn from improvisational comedy and rock musicians.

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    Let Me Entertain You

  • Contributors to this programme:

    Neil Mullarkey
    Comedy Store Players

    Peter Cook
    Academy of Rock, in partnership with Imperial College London

    Miriam Bartlett
    Freelance lawyer

    Andrew Woods
    Director of learning and development, Synorate

    Dennis Tourish
    Professor of leadership, University of Kent

  • How can improvised comedy help people in business?

    How can improvised comedy help people in business?

    Comedian Neil Mullarkey and guests at the Comedy Store play improvisation games. Neil argues that the skills needed for these games would also benefit businesses.

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