Kathy Klotz-Guest MA, MBA's Linkedin Analytics

It's no secret that to be competitive and innovative, your company has to be a great place people WANT to work at. It's getting harder. Creativity and Innovation live at the intersection of courage, trust & connection. These look a lot like humor. No, it's not about telling jokes at the water-cooler. It's cool, HR 😁 While leading tech product & marketing teams by day and working as a comedian by night for 20+ years, I learned: ---The biggest laughs come from trust and connection. ---Laughter builds community. ---The biggest standing ovations come when courage filled the air. When connection was strongest, so was innovation. I got curious: Is this how I get my team to create better storytelling, customer service, productivity? That led me to start my business, write my book, "Stop Boring Me!" about comedy principles for innovation, and, today, advise global teams & senior leaders on braver culture. Trust, connection and courage lead to innovation, stories, comms. Humor & laughter open that door. Leaders, ready for you & your teams to be braver? Let's talk! Check out My LinkedIn Course: Leading in the Moment with Improv: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/leading-in-the-moment Keynotes & programs so tech, product, marketing, HR, sales, women execs & teams: - become leaders who ditch 'perfect' for relatable (Amazon AWS, Portola) - innovate services, stories that close business (Sprout Social, Autodesk, United Way, TVLP, Kaiser) - improve leadership comms & speaking (Women in Eng., Amazon, Genentech, IBM) - create healthier workplaces for all (Gen Z knows) (Twilio, Cisco, Stanford Hosp.) ABOUT I left a tech VP position in 2010, after 17 years leading profitable teams and being on comedy stages to start Keeping it Human. I still teach & perform comedy BOOK "Stop Boring Me! How to create kick-ass marketing content, stories, products and ideas through the power of improv" (Amazon). Inc. named it a "CMO must read." WORK 🔶 "As closing *keynote* at AMA Cincinnati's 2018 Ignite CX Conference - A highlight! - Kathy delivered the perfect balance of humor and thought-provoking content in a highly engaging, energetic, relevant presentation. She is exceptional... " - AMA 🔶 "Kathy's approach to creativity is inspired, fun, and unique. She stretched the boundaries of content for our organization with such fresh thinking. I highly recommend!" - Sprout Social EDUCATION ComedySportz & Second City, LA. Stand-up, improv, sketch Battle of Bay Comedy Semi-finalist MA, Stanford University; MBA, UC Berkeley DM / email [email protected]