Learning Library
Laughter Paired with Technology Takes Aim at Clinician Burnout
Benovate and Brave New Workshop Join Forces to help Healthcare Address Quadruple Aim Minneapolis, MN -- The Brave New Workshop (BNW) and Benovate have announced a year-long partnership to deliver scalable, human-centered experiences, which will help clinicians build...
Joy, Creativity & Community - Introducing Virtual Brave Tuesdays
Play, joy and community await you! Join our virtual learning cohort and learn how to move away from a mindset of fear using our proven methodology and approach – transformative laughter.
Looking Back at Events in 2019
2019 was a year full of innovation and learning – we are SO grateful to have had the opportunity to share transformative laughter with you all!
3 Things Great Leaders are Concerned with in 2020
Happy Holidays from the Brave New Workshop! As we enter into a new decade, I wanted to share some observations I’ve made in the past year while working with leaders of some of the best companies in the world.
Top 5 Reasons You Should Hire a Professional Emcee
Event professionals unanimously agree: hiring a professional emcee to host your event is worth the cost. Here are five reasons why:
John Sweeney: Six Ways to Practice Listening Right Now
To get better and spend more time in the Mindset of Discovery, we must practice the behaviors that lead us there.
John Sweeney, co-author of The Innovative Mindset and owner of the Brave New Workshop comedy theatre, gives six suggestions for practicing the art of “Listening.”
The healing power of community, creativity and mindset - nudging practice
My life work is sharing the mindset and behaviors inherent in improvisation with as many people as possible, because I believe it’s one of the most simple, powerful and fun practices on the planet. In meeting more than 10,000 students in this human laboratory for...
Thank you Brave New Workshop clients, partners and friends!
The Brave New Workshop celebrated its 60th year of stirring conversations, sparking innovation, and most importantly helping people practice being in a mindset of connection, creativity, and forward-moving action vs. one of fear. We are fortunate to continue this work because of you. Thank you.
Behind the Mask: Aerial Observations
I was the one in the owl costume. If you attended our fall 2018 MNovation conference, you probably noticed the avian trio strutting around the conference center and down Hennepin Ave. They were a lovely bunch. Well, some of them. There was the duck. A fuzzy yellow...
Failure, Persistence, Reinvention: The Pathway to Innovation
Humans have the agency for change. That is what makes us such fantastic innovators. We can take a problem and turn it into a much more interesting solution. We can reinvent. There is no such thing as a cure-all, but this is the closest we’ve gotten.
