about us

Improwise uses live jazz performance alongside management expertise to demonstrate how individuals and organisations can enhance innovation, creativity, team building, change management and leadership. Clients include Virgin Media, Exxon Mobil, Lovells, Ernst & Young, Lloyds TSB and many others.

We deliver sessions at conferences, and we run seminars and workshops. Our sessions look specifically at the way your business works, at the opportunities for change and innovation, in how you work together as a team, and how your business, your products and services could change over time.

By giving you an insight into the way jazz musicians do what they do, you can adopt new 'jazz techniques' and change the way you work.

contact us

Tel: +44 (0)7791 089 778

General enquiries to info@improwise.co.uk

Or contact Alex Steele directly at alex@improwise.co.uk

Alex Steele, jazz musician and
Director of Improwise

 

 

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what's in the news?

Global management consultants, Accenture, are currently running a high profile campaign with the following message:

"Our proprietary research on over 500 of the
world's most successful companies finds that high
performers not only excel at fundamentals,
they're also brilliant at improvisation."

They show a breakdown of Tiger Wood's performance based a blend of 75% classical and 25% jazz. Another great demonstration of the relevance of jazz and improvisation to 21st Century performance, in business, in sport and in life. Details of Accenture's study of high performers can be found at www.accenture.com/research

what's on the radio?

Alex Steele was interviewed recently by Linley Hamilton from BBC Radio Ulster following an Improwise session delivered in Northern Ireland. Click here to hear the interview.

improwise goes to Bangladesh, Uganda, Belgium, Malawi, Spain, France, Scotland & Ireland

Improwise is now active across Europe, Asia and Africa, with recent performances in Bangladesh, Uganda, Belgium, Malawi, Spain, Scotland, Ireland and throughout the UK.

In 2009, the improwise team collaborated recently with Bengali musicians for a session in Dhaka, Bangladesh, exploring the application of improvisation in Bengali classical music and western jazz to the challenges facing global corporations with regard to managing change, growing innovation, and distributed leadership in a global market.

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managing change guide

Improwise is working with Envirowise and the Government Office for the South West, using their 'Managing Change' guide, exploring how jazz techniques can be used to implement change in organisations. Over 100,000 copies of the 'Managing Change' guide have been issued worldwide since the guide's launch. Go to www.oursouthwest.com and download a free copy.

Please contact us on +44 (0) 7791 089778 or at info@improwise.co.uk for
further details about the jazz workshops and the 'Managing Change' guide.