Culture Chat: Improve It and Culture Improvisation

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Culture Chat: Improve It and Culture Improvisation

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Jul 8, 2016

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In this episode, we talked to Erin Diehl, founder of Improve It, (www.improveitchicago.com) a corporate team-building workshop company that helps organizations use improvisation to build better, "yes, and" cultures.

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Jul 8, 2016

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