Improvisation and the Joy of Change

​Life is change. Everything changes, all the time. Instead of fighting the inevitable, the key is to learn how to enjoy change, making our ability to improvise with what actually happens (rather than what could, should or would have happened if everything had gone according to plan) a powerful asset in our lives.

Change always offers new possibilities – if we are ready to notice them.
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Benefits

Learning how to master the fundamentals of improvisation enables us to seize opportunities in the moment, turning them to our advantage rather than seeing them as problems or threats. 

As the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard wrote in 1846, "The task is not to find the lovable object, but the task is to find the once given or chosen object – lovable!"

This is the art of improvisation.
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Formats

I work in a dynamic, engaged and humorous way involving participants through exercises, demonstrations and dialogue.  

Below, I have categorized my work into the three formats I most commonly use. ​​I am completely flexible, however, and I can easily adapt to situations that require different solutions.
Lectures / Keynotes
Duration: 1–2½ hours
Participants: no limit
Format: lecture interspersed with short group exercises, dialogues and debates.
Workshops
Duration: 3–7 hours
Participants: 5–40
Format: dialogue-based teaching, exercises and training with feedback.
​Courses and seminars
Duration: several days
Participants: 5–25
Format: dialogue-based teaching, exercises, training with feedback, individual immersion and coaching.
"...good illustrations, exercises and theoretical grounding during an engaged and dynamic presentation which kept us all captivated."
L. M. Ericsson
"Ernest delivered an elegant and precise sequence of messages, exercises and laughs that supported our overall purpose."
Vestas
"...the execution of the day was precisely and completely in accordance with the goals we had set."
The Danish Minister of Agriculture
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