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Useful Advices - Using Improvisational Comedy as a Business Training Tool
One of the major issues in today’s corporate work environment is the “lack of trust and team work”. Businesses have to be ever so focused on the “Bottom Line” because of the competitive pressures facing them from the global community; including: corporate downsizing, restructuring and
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
downward price pressures on products and services. As a result of these new business drivers, we have lost our sense of trust in our employers and fellow employees. These observations were made evident to me in the many companies that I have consulted with over the years. Most workers want to trust, build and be pa
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
t of a team, but feel there is a huge chasm with management in this area. When people go to work and don’t trust colleagues and senior management, the work atmosphere is filled with a negative vibe, much of which is unspoken. Some of the detrimental issues that a work environment devoid of Trust and Teamwork
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
can exhibit are:
- Uncertainty
- Negativity
- Fear of losing one’s job
- Lack of cooperation and collaboration
- Reluctance
- Zero creativity
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
sational Comedy can help. I needed a break from the “Corporate Rat Race”, so I enrolled at The Players Workshop of The Second City to learn Improvisational Comedy. While attending the classes, I gained some valuable insights into human behavior that could improve and enhance Trust and Teamwork in the wo
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
kplace by utilizing Improv Games and Exercises. One of my favorites, which I still use today, is Gibberish.
Gibberish is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as:
Gibberish is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as:
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
ng> gib‧ber‧ish /ˈ-/ Pronunciation Key [jib-er-ish, gib-] –noun
1) Meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
2) Talk or writing containing many obscure, pretentious, or technical words.
—Synon
1) Meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing.
2) Talk or writing containing many obscure, pretentious, or technical words.
—Synon
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
ms 1. nonsense, foolishness, babble, gabble, drivel, gobbledegook.
Gibberish Improv Exercises
Gibberish Commands
Gibberish Improv Exercises
Gibberish Commands
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
How it Works Players start in pairs. Have each play issue a command to her partner, in Gibberish. Players can't move on until the command is understood and executed. Simple things will do, like 'pass me the salt, please' . The idea is not to mime the command, but to try and make it obvious for the
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
ay the command is issued, and the environment that has been set.
Translate Gibberish
How it Works This is best played with an odd number of players. Everyone in a circle. The first player gives a gibberish word to her right neighbor, who translates the word. The
Translate Gibberish
How it Works This is best played with an odd number of players. Everyone in a circle. The first player gives a gibberish word to her right neighbor, who translates the word. The
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
next player provides the next gibberish word, and so on.
Variations The receiver can provide both the translation, and a new gibberish word. You may want to add the origin of the language along with the translatio
Variations The receiver can provide both the translation, and a new gibberish word. You may want to add the origin of the language along with the translatio
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
n.
Notes Any gibberish word might be translated as 'banana' of course, but that is not the idea of the exercise. For your translation, use the first thing that comes to mind. You may be inspired by the whole sound
Notes Any gibberish word might be translated as 'banana' of course, but that is not the idea of the exercise. For your translation, use the first thing that comes to mind. You may be inspired by the whole sound
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
of the word (it might sound like something 'known'), or parts of the word (only the vowels, or only the consonants), or by the intonation of the 'giver', or even by her expression or body language.
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
>
Gibberish Expert
How it Works One player is an expert on a subject, often provided by the audience. Furt
Gibberish Expert
How it Works One player is an expert on a subject, often provided by the audience. Furt
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
ermore, he's from a foreign country (perhaps also supplied by the audience). The expert gives a lecture in Gibberish and a second player translates.
Variations Have the expert tel
Variations Have the expert tel
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
a story, instead of giving a lecture.
Just Gibberish
How it Works Pl
Just Gibberish
How it Works Pl
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
ay a scene, completely in gibberish, no translations provided. The scene should be perfectly clear to the audience - we should be perfectly able to translate every gibberish sentence, and the story should make sense.
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
ng>Notes
Improvisation Strengthen
- This will only work if the stories are extremely simple, and if the platform is made clear right from the start.
- Some players tend to do this as a scene without words, but that is not the idea of the exercise.
Improvisation Strengthen
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
s Trust in the Workplace
When you hear the word “improvisation”, many people think about the funny antics of comedy improv that they have seen on a television show like “Whose Line is it Anyway” or at a nightclub. Most people are unaware of the power of improvisation and its abilit
When you hear the word “improvisation”, many people think about the funny antics of comedy improv that they have seen on a television show like “Whose Line is it Anyway” or at a nightclub. Most people are unaware of the power of improvisation and its abilit
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
to bring positive results to even the most negative of people. The guiding principles of improvisation are all based in Trust and Cooperation. By trying these gibberish exercises in the work environment, you can have fun and increase the level of Trust and Teamwork.
(Improv Games Compiled from Improv Eneyclopedia
(Improv Games Compiled from Improv Eneyclopedia
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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