
Improvisation as a life skill with Andrea Jones-Rooy and Justin Gregg
About this episode
Adam joins an improv comedy workshop and comes away with new insights about facing failure, building resilience, boosting creativity, and elevating collaboration. He takes the stage in Authors@Wharton with a pair of past Re:Thinking guests, data scientist Andrea Jones-Rooy and animal cognition researcher Justin Gregg, who happen to moonlight as improv comedy performers. In this unique episode, Andrea and Justin throw Adam headfirst into a series of improv exercises and lead a lively, often hilarious discussion of the practical lessons.
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- Follow Andrea Jones-Rooy on Instagram, LinkedIn, and https://www.jonesrooy.com/
- Follow Justin Gregg on Instagram, Substack, and at justingregg.com/
- Listen to Andrea's podcast, Behind the Data
- Buy Justin's books here
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