We are IMPROV Communication
People change how they lead by doing. We design the doing.
IMPROV Communication is an international leadership and team development consultancy based in Helsingør, Denmark. We specialise in psychological safety and emotional intelligence, delivered through Applied Improv in a leadership and organisational context. We are Europe's leading consultancy in this field, and we work with global organisations across Europe, Middle East, Asia and US.
Our approach is experiential — less powerpoint, more doing — and it is built so the change lasts long after the room empties.
Trusted by leading companies around the world
The proof, across our work
Nine programmes. Over 440 people. 94% would do it again.
Accumulated from 9 leadership and team programmes · more than 440 participants · close to 200 post-session survey responses. (Data from March - May 2026)
440+
Participants
Across 9 leadership and team programmes in academia and industry.
94%
Would recommend us
187 of 198 survey respondents would recommend the experience to a colleague.
5.7/7
More likely to collaborate
Average likelihood to collaborate across teams and departments after the session.
What people take back to work
Reach across team and department lines
Connect with the colleague you'd normally never approach.
Ask first, listen before you judge
One more question before you give your opinion.
Swap “Yes, but” for “Yes, and”
Build on an idea instead of blocking it.
Quiet the inner critic
Share the half-formed thought, and ask for help out loud.
Make each other look good
Give recognition, and back colleagues visibly.
The principles that resonate most
When we ask participants which of our 5 Guiding Principles spoke to them most, three rise to the top again and again — across academia and industry alike.
- Yes, And
- Do Not Judge Yourself
- Make Each Other Look Good
Choose by the challenge you're facing
What we offer
Teaming
Improv Training
Constant change and restructured teams come at a heavy cost to efficiency. When teams are reshaped, the clock resets on trust, communication, and collaboration.
Unlock collaboration, trust, and adaptability so people connect faster, think on their feet, and create better solutions together.
Learn more →Creativity
Innovation Training
The fear of speaking up, kills more ideas than failure ever will.
Turn creativity into action by giving teams the behaviours, mindset, and courage to speak up, experiment, fail, adapt, and deliver real results.
Learn more →Academia
Universities, PhD & Post-Doc Training
We help institutes at DTU, KU, ITU and NAD communicate their science to human beings.
How researchers can communicate with impact, collaborate across disciplines, strengthen networking skills and build resilience to excel in competitive settings.
Learn more →Culture
Psychological Safety Training
Everyone talks about Psychological safety, we will make your team experience it in practise.
Create environments where people feel safe to speak up, challenge ideas, and bring their full selves to the table — leading to smarter decisions and stronger teams.
Learn more →Leadership
Leadership Training
Leadership is about people, presence and empathy. We turn leaders into full human beings.
Develop leaders who connect deeply, communicate clearly, and create cultures where teams thrive and perform.
Learn more →Self-awareness
Emotional Intelligence
AI adoption, Digital Transformation and Constant change. Research shows teams with high EQ, outperforms any team with just high IQ
Build self-awareness, empathy, and emotional regulation so people lead themselves first — and create relationships that hold under pressure.
Learn more →Implement it straight away
Training that brings the best up in everybody.
Our sessions are designed to be applied the moment they end — practical techniques your team takes back to the next stand-up, the next negotiation, the next difficult conversation.
Open Playground ↗Our reach
From small teams to global partnerships.
5
Guiding Principles of IMPROV
11
Languages
+25
Certified facilitators
350,000+
"But's" prevented
Simple approach, big impact
Three things every team takes home.
Listen actively
Hear what is actually said — and what isn't.
Build on each other
‘Yes, and’ as a working operating system.
Commit to your team
Trust earned in the room, used at work.
Our method
Training tailored in collaboration with you.
Involvement
We involve 3-4 ambassadors prior to our training to understand culture, team reality and desired outcomes.
Design
We tailor a program with exercises matched to your challenges and team situation.
Training
Engaging sessions with interactive exercises and guided debriefs. No slides, no presentations, it's all learning by doing.
Ambassadors
We support your ambassadors, after the training, to reinforce the behaviour and embed the new habits in the team
Thought leadership
Recent articles
Let's collaborate
We have strategic partnerships with leading agencies.
“IMPROV understood our wishes and helped us develop a program focused on trust, respect and understanding — with activities where everyone could participate on an equal footing regardless of their role.”
— Bellagroup
“IMPROV facilitated a session that not only taught our PhD fellows valuable presentation skills, but also established a space where they could explore how to tell their unique stories. Many have since signed up for IMPROV's other courses.”
— Neuroscience Academy Denmark
“It went really well — lots of positive feedback. Many commented they initially had difficulty seeing how Improv could be used in the job, but we have been given many tools, especially around 'playing well with each other'.”
— CONFIRM
The fastest way to know if we're right for your team is to talk.
Tell us what you're navigating — a merger, a culture that has gone quiet, a leadership team that needs to reconnect — and we'll tell you honestly whether we can help. No pitch deck, no pressure.