IMPROV Ink.

Articles from the corner of Business Strategy and Applied Improvisation

How to Niche; Connect with Your Ideal Client; Business Messaging, Presentation Skills; Happier Work Teams - and more! The IMPROV Ink blog primes you for the following week’s IMPROV Breakfast: an informal discussion online. We make strategic agility and corporate connection fun again.

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Celebrating Success in Business and Beyond

“Yesterday we’d never done a Seize the NICHE workshop,” he said. “Today, we have.” Love that. A wee milestone on the journey. A quiet yet certified celebration.

Victoria Hogg

May 303 min read

Feedback: Can You Handle It?

“Thank you: more than in any other room I’ve been in, you have created an environment where trust is built”. A powerful compliment indeed!

Victoria Hogg

May 233 min read

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Is Your Brand Easy To Remember?

My point? That any brand can be fresh and unique if it finds the right way to talk about itself. This go-large-or-go-home marketing’s gaining global attention.

Victoria Hogg

May 163 min read

Fresh Energy Keeps Your Work Relevant - and You, Sane!

🎉 We’re thrilled to be on the illustrious Moses Nalocca’s podcast: Expert 2 Experts - also released on Tuesday! You’ll be able to catch...

Victoria Hogg

May 93 min read

Write 'Lyrics' to Make Your Business Sing!

Proven to generate dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins (or D.O.S.E. as we at IMPROV Inc. call it), improv is a crucial boost to your brain / body well-being.

Victoria Hogg

Apr 253 min read

Are Your Work Systems Working?

So maybe, this week, have a little look at your systems. Do they need tweaking? A proper overhaul? At what stage will you say “Enough!” and stop using a system that’s not serving you? It’s as brave as pushing through.

Victoria Hogg

Apr 183 min read

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Discover Your USP Today

Discovery! We all want to discover stuff, right? When we do, it lights us up inside. It’s a spark, a glow - it’s meaningful. And then,...

Victoria Hogg

Apr 113 min read

Sometimes Less is More, In Business

A tip: to overcome hurtful feedback, try this instead. Reframe the “so what?” into “and now what?”. Ask yourself this and see where it takes you. In essence, you are boiling down where you are at into a rich origin of what you stand for! Less is more!

Victoria Hogg

Apr 43 min read

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Create Energy that Serves your Business

Where are you putting your energy this week? Are you using it wisely? Is it being deployed strategically?

Victoria Hogg

Mar 283 min read

Matt Richter and Thiagi training 60 participants in Lyon

Lifelong Learning Supports Your Career

Previously, I’d take another course, try another workshop, study under a different mentor, in order to avoid becoming the teacher, the coach, the mentor myself. It’s a classic tactic. “After THIS programme I’ll be ready!” “After THIS certification I might become the expert!” But we have to do both. Try the output as we ingest. Learn as we go. Learn by doing.

Victoria Hogg

Mar 213 min read

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Pivot and Grow Your Career, Step by Step

Here’s the thing: egos must be cast aside if you are to truly move forward. It’s the ability to sacrifice, pivot and believe in the next step - the next leap to the next dot.

Victoria Hogg

Mar 143 min read