Do Improvise, The Guidebook To Overcoming Obstacles

Learn to navigate life’s unexpected moments with confidence and creativity. Do Improvise is a practical guide to using improvisation in work and life.

Every day we deal with the unplanned and the unexpected, from a broken toaster to losing (or gaining) a major client or navigating our way through a global pandemic. Our natural ability to improvise gets us through. But we feel as if we’re winging it, rather than acting with courage and conviction.

First published in 2013 and now fully updated, Robert Poynton shares his acclaimed method taught to some of the world's biggest brands and companies, including Nike, Chanel and PwC, to show how simple improvisational skills can be applied to the everyday business of work and life. This book teaches you how to turn uncertainty into opportunity and discover how the unplanned can spark creativity and lead to new ideas.

It will help you become more productive without trying harder, overcome creative blocks, respond fluidly to circumstances beyond your control, and realise that you don't have to know everything. Not sure what to do next? Improvise.