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How improv can improve your leadership and life

Mary Lemmer • TED Residency

In business and life, your ability to adapt to change, build trust, communicate clearly, and handle uncertainty are essential skills to succeed. In this talk, entrepreneur Mary Lemmer contends that there is no 'right way' to start a company and shares tried and true improv lessons that can also be applied to leadership and life.

In business and life, your ability to adapt to change, build trust, communicate clearly, and handle uncertainty are essential skills to succeed. In this talk, entrepreneur Mary Lemmer contends that there is no 'right way' to start a company and shares tried and true improv lessons that can also be applied to leadership and life.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

About the speaker

Mary Lemmer

Mary Lemmer

After starting her first company at age 14 and spending over a decade as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, startup advisor, and improv comedian, Mary discovered a powerful way to improve leadership, teams, and communication skills: improv comedy.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.