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As a former Software consultant working on multi-million dollar government projects, he turned employees into intrapreneurs, developing innovative solutions to projects within static organizations.
When a Tornado destroyed his community, he created a viral video using humor as a coping mechanism, which garnered an invite to speak at TEDx. Decided he could make a bigger impact through humor, he pivoted into standup comedy.
Now as a sought-after keynote speaker, he helps organizations reveal “undercover creatives” within their own organization. Applying the same logic Nashville song writers use to create original music, to linear problems companies face in their organization.
Not just another “lecture”. Be engaged by a professional entertainer, who has been captivating audience of all sizes, all over the world in clubs, cruise ships, corporate events and performing art centers for 20 years. Fusing standup comedy with music, he delivers his valuable message through “edutainment”.
Using Agile Methodology to reveal the untapped creative talent within your own organization.
Employers are hiring more creative staff, but what they don’t realize is by fostering an environment where employees feel comfortable sharing their creative ideas, they access the mountain of untapped creative insight of their own teams.
Key Takeaways:
-Creative Scrum meetings(Collaborate like a Nashville songwriter)
-Create smaller time constraints include stakeholders in the conversation
-Transform employees into corporate “intrapreneurs”
-Get changes out the door, rather than overanalyze
Customized to these themes:
Creativity, Innovation, Collaboration, Teamwork, Creative Agile, Resilience
An entertaining performance on resilience and creating opportunity from circumstance. Nothing can teach us more than failures, but we need to have the resilience to learn from them. In 2018 Rory lost his house to a Tornado. Using a tool called sublimation, he immediately turned a negative situation into a positive.
Using humor as a coping mechanism to lift the community, Rory created a humorous video, eventually leading to a TEDx talk on using humor to overcome adversity. Sometimes projects, personal life or weather systems don’t go according to plan. What coping mechanism do we have in our repertoire to protect our mental health?
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
-How to condition yourself for resilience, and transform failure into fuel. (Resilience – the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties)
-Adversity can create opportunities. How to leverage adversity to recognize a new opportunity that hadn’t otherwise been presented.
-Use humor as a coping mechanism for less burn out, greater resilience and overall wellbeing.
Holding a conference, retreat or event that could use some levity and entertainment to keep attendees and employees alert and happy?
Rory can facilitate your event to flow naturally, interjecting humor and music to keep audience members fresh for the content being presented.
Rory will customize a show specifically for your team. This program of clean comedy is customized for your industry and employees. Let Rory ease the tense atmosphere, and amplify engagement to enhance networking.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
1) Keep your event organized, on time, and entertaining for guests with a dedicated facilitator.
2) When teams are more engaged, more information is absorbed.
3) Break the ice & create a more collaborative atmosphere for guests.
