Soar to Success June 15 2020

Bob Kulhan Uses Improv to Help Businesses Soar to Success H ave you ever been in a business meeting or situation and found yourself thinking about what you were going to say next, instead of actively listening? Do those conversations end up building trust between you and the others? These scenarios cease to be a problem when you are trained in Business Improvisation®. Bob Kulhan has been helping businesspeople understand and react more successfully for over 20 years, using his skills in improv. He was a member of Chicago’s famed Second City acting group and has performed in the iO and Annoyance Theaters, as well as the PIT in New York City. He is also a founding member of the legendary musical improv troupe Baby Wants Candy. Kulhan became fascinated with improvisation while he was in high school. He and a couple of friends would entertain other students with their off-the-wall skits designed to draw a laugh, or two. After earning his college degree in business, he was working his way up the corporate ladder and even earned an award from Bank of America for Creative Marketing for Small Business. He was sought after by advertising agencies and PR firms but chose to leave a secure job to pursue his first love, improvisation. Bob told us, “In 1994, I went to Chicago. That’s where you had to go to learn this stuff. Learning more about improvisation was important to me.” He purchased a condominium near Wrigley Field on Chicago’s North Side and set about