Yes. Improv training builds the exact habits innovation runs on: fast idea generation, comfort with a half-formed thought, and the confidence to build on a colleague's idea instead of killing it. Innovation specialist Cassie Hunt saw it firsthand when her team ran a workshop with PowerProv, Australia's #1 corporate improv training company.
- Cassie Hunt, founder of Sydney innovation consultancy The Jump Score, rated her PowerProv workshop 5 stars for its tools for innovation and idea generation.
- PowerProv separates divergent thinking (generating ideas) from convergent thinking (choosing between them), the same two-step split real innovation depends on.
- The session was high-energy, playful, and fun, and none of it required performing or being funny.
- PowerProv's Personal Power Index™ found 98% of participants improved thinking on their feet and innovation after training.
- Every PowerProv workshop is backed by a money-back guarantee, so there is no financial risk in trying it.
Who Is Cassie Hunt, and What Is The Jump Score?
Cassie Hunt is the founder of The Jump Score, a boutique innovation consultancy in Sydney that helps businesses grow by thinking differently. Innovation is her profession, which makes her verdict on a PowerProv workshop worth paying attention to. She rated the experience 5 stars.
“Loved the tools for innovation and idea generation. High energy, playful and fun.”— Cassie H., Innovation Specialist
In the short video below, Cassie shares what the session was like and why she rates improv training for teams that live or die on their ideas.
Why Does Improv Training Work for Innovation?
Innovation is not one skill. It is two, and most teams blur them together. PowerProv keeps them separate, which is the whole point.
The first is divergent thinking: generating as many ideas as possible without judging any of them. The second is convergent thinking: narrowing down and choosing. When a team does both at once, the judging starts before the ideas are fully formed, and the boldest options get killed in the first thirty seconds. PowerProv's workshops train people to hold the two stages apart, so idea generation stays open and the decision comes later, on purpose. That is the mechanism behind Cassie's "tools for innovation and idea generation," and it is why the skills transfer straight into a real strategy session.
What Skills Does a Session Build?
A PowerProv workshop leaves an innovation team with practical, repeatable habits, not a theory. Everything is learned on your feet, through exercises built for business teams rather than performers.
What teams practise in a session…
- ✓Generate ideas without judging them
- ✓Think fast on their feet
- ✓Build on others' ideas
- ✓Get comfortable with risk
- ✓Listen actively
- ✓Stay adaptable under pressure
All built for business teams, not performers.
The through-line is psychological safety. People generate braver ideas when they trust the room will build on a suggestion rather than shoot it down, and that trust is exactly what the exercises rehearse. It is the same reason the science of team dynamics keeps pointing back to how safely a group handles friction and difference.
“It's a safe, fast-paced, mind-expanding environment and gets you thinking differently about how to solve problems.”— Kamal S., Management Consultant
Soft skills that actually stick.
A longitudinal study proves what we do works — with measurable improvement that holds long after the workshop ends.
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Is a PowerProv Workshop Right for Your Team?
If your team's job is to come up with better ideas and act on them, improv training is one of the most direct ways to sharpen that muscle. It suits innovation teams, product groups, agencies, and any group that needs to solve problems together under pressure. It is fun, it is fast, and it works for quiet thinkers as much as loud ones.
“It's a safe, fast-paced, mind-expanding environment and gets you thinking differently about how to solve problems.”
“Loved the tools for innovation and idea generation. High energy, playful and fun.”
“We learned to accept and embrace failure and to be receptive, and adaptive to when problems arise.”
PowerProv runs workshops for teams of 12 or more, in person or online. A Full-Day Workshop goes deepest on innovation and problem-solving, and the Personal Power Index™ tracks the skill gains before and after, so the results are measured, not assumed. Want to see what other teams say first? Read PowerProv's reviews.
Book a discovery call to talk through what your team wants to get out of a session, or see how it works if you want more detail first.
Sources
- 4 Hidden Traps of Team Dynamics · Harvard Business Review
Frequently asked questions
Can improv training actually help with business innovation?
Yes. Innovation depends on generating lots of ideas, staying open to unfinished ones, and building on a colleague's thought instead of shutting it down. Those are the exact habits PowerProv's improv-based workshops build. Innovation specialist Cassie Hunt rated her session 5 stars for its tools for innovation and idea generation.
Is a PowerProv workshop a comedy class?
No. Participants are not learning to be funny or perform on stage. PowerProv uses improv principles to build professional skills like idea generation, collaboration, and thinking on your feet. The session is genuinely fun and high-energy, but the output is skills people use the next morning, not comedy.
How does PowerProv build idea generation specifically?
PowerProv teaches divergent thinking and convergent thinking as two separate steps. First the team generates ideas freely, without judging them. Then, as a distinct stage, they narrow down and choose. Keeping the two apart is what stops good ideas being killed before they are fully formed, which is where most brainstorms fail.
Does improv training work for teams that don't see themselves as creative?
Yes. The workshops are built for business teams, not performers, and every exercise is introvert-friendly by design. The skills, listening, staying adaptable under pressure, and building on each other's ideas, apply to any team that needs to solve problems, not just self-described creatives.
Who is Cassie Hunt?
Cassie Hunt is the founder of The Jump Score, a boutique innovation consultancy in Sydney that helps businesses grow by thinking differently. She took part in a PowerProv corporate workshop and rated it 5 stars, citing its tools for innovation and idea generation.
How much does a PowerProv workshop cost?
Cost depends on team size, number of facilitators, and any customisation, so PowerProv does not publish a single fixed price. Indicative investment ranges are available once those details are known, and every workshop is backed by a money-back guarantee, so there is no financial risk in trying it.
