John Sweeney and the team from the Brave New Workshop were standing-ovation crowd-pleasers at last year’s Training 2020 conference. They’ll be back at Training's 2021 conference (Feb 8 - 12) but they are excited to invite you to this special one-time webinar.  Research shows that stress is not something that happens to us, rather it is our response to circumstances and events. In this highly entertaining and interactive session you will learn simple ways to discover that stress can be your friend, explore what you can learn from the stress you experience, This session is all about YOU as a whole person—at work, home and play!
 
The Brave New Workshop has been harnessing transformational laughter to help professionals activate their best, most resilient mindset for 20+ years, across thousands of events and in partnership with hundreds of corporate clients.  They are excited to share their practices with you, which you can immediately apply in everyday life. Learn more about the science behind the approach here. The Brave New Workshop stands for more and better ideas, more collaboration, reframing change as fuel, and moving from a mindset of fear to a Mindset of Discovery.

So, please join us, jump in, and say “Yes, And” to life!

As the owner and director of America’s oldest comedy theater, John Sweeney has honed his powers of improvisation to ignite cultures of innovative behavior within America’s biggest businesses including Microsoft, PWC, General Mills & United Health Care – resulting in more than 2500 events to date. Featured across countless media platforms including Inc, Forbes and Financial Times, he uses his scientific understanding of how human behavior is influenced, to implement simple but groundbreaking tools such as ‘Yes and…’ and ‘The Big 5’ so you too can be at peak innovation fitness. But the driving force behind Sweeney’s success are the results he helps clients achieve by effectively bridging improvisational theater skills and behaviors to the workplace through his speeches and training. His improvisational insights have resonated with a broad spectrum of forward-thinking business leaders from some of the most innovative and largest companies in the world – ensuring every level of the organization is operating within the mindset of discovery. Specialties/Speaking Topics Include: Innovation, Change, Leadership, Sales and Collaboration.