A corporate improv workshop is the rare team event that's genuinely fun and genuinely useful: two hours of laughing together that leave your people better at presenting, listening, collaborating, and thinking on their feet.
My workshops are equal parts business/management skills and improv techniques — because those skills overlap far more than most people realize. The best sessions empower both the most reserved and the most boisterous members of your team to shine equally.
Stand up, own the room, and present with confidence — whether it's a board meeting, a sales pitch, or an all-hands.
Improv only works when you truly hear your scene partner. So does business. Your team will listen to respond, not just to reply.
Curveball question from a client? Agenda blown up mid-meeting? Improvisers get comfortable with uncertainty.
"Yes, And" builds on ideas instead of shutting them down — and it transforms how teams brainstorm, plan, and ship.
In improv, mistakes are gifts. Teams that treat missteps as opportunities move faster and innovate more bravely.
Quieter teammates find their footing; louder ones learn to make their colleagues look brilliant. Everybody levels up.
Every session is custom-built around the exact skills you want your team to develop — starting with the classic improv tenet of "Yes, And," and moving into games, skills, and scenes chosen for your goals.
What do you want more of — confident presenters, tighter cross-department collaboration, better meetings? We'll define the goals together.
No off-the-shelf agenda. I design a workshop that targets your goals with fun, low-pressure, high-reward exercises calibrated to your group.
Your team laughs a lot, and leaves with skills they'll use the next morning: speaking, listening, quick thinking, and building on each other's ideas.
People per workshop — from leadership teams to whole departments
Custom-built sessions — designed around your team's goals
Participants ever forced to perform, be "funny," or do anything hokey
If your team has been burned by cringey corporate team-building before, I get it. My sessions are designed so everyone participates at a level that feels good to them — the goal is real skills and real laughs, never embarrassment. HR-approved fun, exec-approved outcomes.
Real teams, real workshops, real (unstaged!) laughter.
I'm Lex Friedman, and I first started studying improv when I was nine years old. After years of training at the famed Groundlings school in Los Angeles, I joined two improv troupes in central New Jersey, and I've spent the past several years as a performer with ComedySportz Jersey Shore.
The other half of my resume is the business half: I've been a Chief Revenue Officer (at ART19, acquired by Amazon), a startup cofounder (at Midroll, acquired by E.W. Scripps), and a media executive who's built and led high-performing sales and business teams. Through Lex Friedman Consulting, I now help companies grow — and improv training is one of my favorite ways to do it.
That combination matters: your workshop isn't led by a comedian guessing at business, or a consultant guessing at comedy. It's led by someone who has spent decades doing both — and knows exactly how the skills of the stage translate to the conference room.
Tell me a little about your team, and we'll customize the perfect improv training session together. I aim to respond within one business day.
Prefer email? Reach me directly at consulting@lexfriedman.com.
Once we're connected, I'm happy to text or hop on a phone or video call — whatever's easiest for you.