Two men with glasses and beards, wearing gray shirts and brown pants, are performing a scene on a black stage, with chairs and a water bottle in the background. One man is kneeling with hands clasped, and the other is kneeling with hands raised.

Your team still won’t click.

Don’t worry. I teach improv.

Improv theater-based education for companies with brilliant people and over the top communication and confidence problems. Overcome that stuff and access more brilliance with me.

“Isaac is a wonderful teacher. He's helped me tremendously in making me a better communicator, listener, creator and collaborator! I would highly recommend his classes, they're quite a ride!”

-One of my students at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam

Isaac’s joyful teaching style creates a safe space to explore new skills! He helped me build confidence for speaking and performing publicly, so that I could better show up on social media and build my business brand with authenticity (and a splash of silliness).

-Another one of my students at Boom Chicago

Your work should feel more fun. You’ve definitely got capable and clever people. What in the world’s missing? Most likely, a shared way of listening, building on one another, and uniting humbly when challenges arise.

The good news is that learning improv can address these fundamental issues. The better news? I teach improv!

I’ve spent the last 20+ years teaching folks to think quicker, trust collaborators and themselves more, and say yes to their imaginations.

What is improv, though? Quickly, improv is the art of making stuff up. You may know it as comedy, but it’s also theatrical, dramatic, heartfelt, and historically a proven method of helping others find their voice.

Want to know how improv can help reveal your team’s creative and communicative potential? Book a free call with me so I can cook up a session or several!

Apply play and imagination to your team’s messiness

I’m not the sort of facilitator who swoops in, gets a few giggles, and leaves you with a fun memory or two. I help you get the most out of improvisation, so you can listen better, handle the unknown, and collaborate more effectively long after I disappear.

Most communication issues boil down to poor listening and not being thoughtful enough. Improv helps us listen more actively and attentively, making it easier to build on ideas, spot more valuable opportunities, and understand what’s really going on. I focus on making this a discipline and a reflex.

Listen like you mean it

Ideas morph. Plans change. A key stakeholder changes their mind and everything you prepared has to be thrown out. Reorgs arise (no matter what you do). Improv trains you to deal with the unexpected, so you can address it head on and with curiosity.

Think with dexterity

Tear down those silos

Teams that don’t trust each other stop collaborating and seeing value outside their boundaries. Improv is a chance for people to take small, safe risks together and make astounding discoveries. It helps scaffold psychological safety and build opportunities for cross-team collaboration. Learning the art is especially handy for new teams, merged teams, and international teams still struggling to find a shared rhythm.

Finding the fun

It may just be that your team isn’t broken and there’s nothing to fix. In reality, you may just need space to be yourselves (within reason, of course). Doing improv together is a genuinely good time – ask literally anyone who’s ever tried it and won’t stop trumpeting the virtues of “yes, and" A little directed fun goes a long, long way.

Let’s talk practicalities. I run sessions of all shapes and sizes, from 2-hour energising workshops to full-day sessions that delve deeper into your specific dynamics. I can tailor teaching to fit small groups or big flocks of people, in Amsterdam, the Randstad, and across the greater Netherlands. And before you ask: no prior experience required. I structure everything to fit everyone’s artistic and linguistic level. And also, everything is in English (so it’s great practice if some extra language learning is desired).

The teaching itself

Got questions? Here’s an FAQ, from me to you.

  • Improv, or improvised comedy/unscripted theatre, is a performance art with modern roots in grassroots public service in Chicago. You can also trace it back to 1500’s Italy and commedia dell'arte. Basically, it’s theatre that is made up on the spot. Practitioners discover scenes, characters, stories, entire worlds, all through listening well, saying “yes, and,” and a growing toolkit of acting and comedic skills that evolves as the art form expands globally.

  • As said before, no experience is required for my sessions. I build my lessons for professionals, rather than performers, but I can give you the confidence and skills to get up on stage sooner than you’d ever thought possible. Improv is at its most fun when you’re a beginner.

  • I can tailor sessions for teams of every size. Are you a team of one? That works. A giant international squad? I got you.

  • Workshops start at two hours and can extend up to a full day (or two half-days over a two-day period).

  • While I am mostly fluent in Spanish (and learning Dutch as fast as possible), for now this is exclusively run in English.

  • Anywhere with four walls, a ceiling (unless it’s super nice out), some chairs, and access to hydration. I’m based in Amsterdam and am willing and happy to go anywhere in The Netherlands. Want to work with me on the other side of world, too? I’m game.

  • There are so many benefits to learning improv in a professional context. While the sessions will be effective for team-building, you will also become better listeniners and collaborators, access creativity and confidence, and find new ways to be productive. Improv will help you think with more agility and empathy, and make it easier to step back and see the bigger picture of what you and your team is working on. You’ll also shed some unwanted judgement. Plus, as I’ve gone on about, it’ll be heaps of fun.

  • I tailor pricing based on your needs, but my baseline for a two-hour workshop is €600, prep included and VAT/travel excluded.

  • Aside from fun and discovery, an improv session will consist of a little bit of theory (as much as you want), comedic and theatrical exercises, storytelling activities, some physical warm-ups, and a bit of perfectly safe performance for one another. You can participate as much as you want or watch and ask questions. There’s never any rush.

  • One of the most beautiful things about improv is that you don’t need to be funny. You don’t have to force it. It’s play, rather than work. If sitting and watching is enough, you’ll get a ton of value soaking up the silliness. If you’re afraid to get up in front of people,. many of the activities will happen in pairs or smaller groups, and just being there means you’re winning. We have a saying: “you are enough.” Showing up is an act of courage, and every little step after is powerful. My job is to help you improvise your way, honestly and safely.