Kate DeFeo explains the improv rule "yes, and": saying yes builds agreement, but you have to add something of your own or nothing actually moves forward. In teams and leadership, pure agreement without contribution kills progress.
One of the basic things I just wanted to talk about briefly, just in case people don't know, the very, very most basic form of understanding improv and the theory behind it is the idea that we have to say yes, but also that we have to add ourselves, our unique perspective with and, and we're adding information. And I think why personally I feel it works so well in any life form is that we're or direction that we're in is that really, if we simply just say yes to one another and we work in a yes-positive work environment, well, that's wonderful. But if you just simply say yes and you never add any information as a leader or somebody who's working with others, it never actually goes any further. I always say that having a conversation where somebody just says yes and never adds any information from themselves, it actually stops productivity. Would you guys agree in your industries that you work in?
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