Sean Monahan (Core Faculty and Solutions Designer) has spent the last decade and a half linking improvisation to business through the behavioral sciences as a Senior Core Faculty of Business Improv®. In addition to being an elite improv actor (26 years), Sean is the CEO of Westside Corporate Creativity, a subsidiary of Business Improv.
Based out of Chicago, LA & New York City, Business Improv is a world-class leader in developing experiential learning On-Site, Virtual (synchronous), Online (asynchronous) programs, Blended (both), and Open Enrollment programs for businesses. Sean’s leadership work in Business Improv includes emphases on team skills, fostering a collaborative corporate culture, whole body listening, busting blocks to creativity, conflict management, dyadic relationships, creative and adaptive problem solving, leadership, influence, and fostering agile cultures. Over the last 15 years, Sean has lead programs for a number of companies, b-schools and organizations, including the State Legislative Leadership Foundation (SLLF), City of LA Engineering, AAMVA, Duke Fuqua School of Business, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Columbia Business School, Glaxo Smith Kline, DuPont, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Neutrogena, Progressive, GOOGLE, PwC, Raytheon, Princess Cruises Entertainment, Federal Judicial Center (FJC), and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS).
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"Improvisation is about performing at the top of your intelligence in collaboration with others—not about being funny or thinking fast, but leading smart in the moment." — Bob Kulhan, Founder & CEO, Business Improv®