Not comedy, not icebreakers. We run live sessions tailored to your group’s specific needs and create an environment where people gain tools to collectively progress.
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Development Labs for athletes at every stage, plus programming for the people around them. Significant others, families, coaching staffs, and business departments. Rookie transition, veteran groups, family weekends, and retreats.
Athletics programs
Sessions for students, teachers, and administrators. Classroom programming, professional development days for staff, and longer residencies built with a school or district.
Education programs
Team Development Labs built around what a specific department or group is working through, not a standard curriculum. Cross-department groups, leadership teams, and new-team formation.
Corporate programs
Keynotes and interactive sessions for conferences, summits, and annual meetings. Built to be participatory rather than delivered from a stage.
Events & speakingThe method
The exercises come from improv. The purpose does not. Nobody performs, nobody gets put on the spot, and nobody is asked to be funny. People practice listening, adapting, and reading a room in a setting where the stakes are low, so it is available to them when the stakes are higher.
More about our approach
Participants engage with each other through games that are simple and accessible.
Exercises build toward ones that require real listening, collaboration, communication, and trust.
Exercises are designed to work with breakdowns, so the group practices recovering together with low stakes.
The last stretch connects the exercises to real-world application and to how the work shows up in daily life.
In practice
Athletics
It started with rookie development in 2017. It now includes opening and closing their spring rookie transition program, family weekend, programming for players’ significant others, and a wellness retreat.
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Education
Work with students across a range of school subjects, plus professional development for faculty and staff.
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Events & Speaking
Beyond the Field brought us in to open day two of their 2026 Summit with one stated goal: connection. Discovery calls first, then a session built to that goal rather than a standard package.
Read the storyIn their words
Over the past decade, Improv Alchemy has become an important part of how we build connection and trust across our organization. Their Development Labs quickly break down barriers and create a stronger sense of community, not only among our veteran and rookie players, but also with their families and significant others. We’ve expanded their work across our programming because we believe it contributes to our championship culture, both on and off the field. After a decade of partnership and a Super Bowl championship, we will continue to invest in the people and relationships that make our team stronger through Improv Alchemy’s services.
The personal reflection I experienced about my leadership and communication strengths immediately impacted my work. I found it directly applicable to my role as a leader.
Lainie did a terrific job tailoring improv content to my team’s needs, giving us practice at reading the room, hearing the offer, and building a virtuous cycle.
She wanted to understand our goals, ask questions, and learn what we wanted attendees to experience. She understood the assignment because she took the time to understand the why behind it first.
Background
Lainie’s background is in health and exercise science, sport counseling, global affairs, education, and human development. She has over 20 years of experience in the human development and athlete development fields, and brings a high level of cultural competency to the work of Improv Alchemy.
Formats
30 minutes to full day
1 hour to full day
Multiple sessions across a season, term, or quarter
Full or multi-day, built to a brief
A brief phone call is usually enough to figure out what your people are working through and whether Improv Alchemy can help.
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