Patricia Madsen is the author of IMPROV WISDOM: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up, and a professor Emerita from Stanford University where where she has taught since 1977. Patricia has contributed to many drama, improvisational courses and workshops for both higher education and businesses.
Her corporate clients have included: Google, Gap Inc.'s Executive Leadership Team, The Lucille and David Packard Foundation, the Banff Centre for Leadership, the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), Hewlett Packard, Digital Impact, IDEO, the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), the Association for YMCA Professionals (AYP), Sun Microsystems Japan Division, Extempo Systems, Apple Computers, Adobe Systems, the Santa Fe Leadership Center and Price Waterhouse. 
Listen to this fun and inspiring Parenting With Impact episode with Patricia Madsen about honing your skills to get you through the ultimate improvisation: Parenthood!
On this episode, learn how Improvisation:

Is a way of being in the world that helps you shift from a negative to positive mindset

Can help find the gift in the moments when things don’t go as expected

Has 3 components: Let go, notice more, use everything


Links Mentioned:
https://www.improvwisdom.com/ 
“Never resist a generous impulse” Dalai Lama
Impact Parents’ Recommended Reading Carousel https://impactparents.com/resources/recommended-reading/ 

Connect with Patricia:
https://patriciaryanmadson.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/patryanmadson 
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/patryanmadson/ 
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/patricia.ryan.madson 
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciaryanmadson/ 

Parenting is Leadership 
Parenting is a leadership opportunity. With the "Parenting is Leadership" Guide from ImpactParents, two frameworks and a dozen core competencies will guide you to up-level your parenting... and improve the most important relationships of your life.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices