Change Your Mindset

Annie Conderacci is a change management consultant and a passionate student of improv. She studied and performed improv at The Second City, Annoyance Theater, and IO Chicago, and she performs improv and sketch all around the city. As a change and management consultant, Annie frequently uses her improv skills to facilitate growth and positive change in organizations. Throughout the interview, she does an outstanding job of describing how improv can be applied to business, and discusses how you can use improv to defuse difficult situations. Annie fell in love with Improv the first time she saw Second City – she went to business school in Chicago so that she could also take classes. She was first drawn to the culture of imperfection. When she saw that you can make mistakes sometimes, and you don’t have to be perfect or even scripted, something clicked. As she moved up through the levels at Second City, it got more challenging… but it never stopped being fun or supportive. One of the most important lessons that s