The connection isn’t, entirely. Yet.
High stakes communication can push even brilliant people out of their native expertise and their ability to truly connect. I teach thought leaders and professionals how to stay present — with their full intelligence and humanity — and connect effectively with their listeners, whether it’s one or a thousand.
As a trainer for the Alan Alda Center, I worked with scientists — brilliant, deeply opinionated micro-experts — to open their hearts and their subjects to general audiences. That experience deepened my understanding of the gap between expertise and connection, the same gap I work with every day with executives, lawyers, and thought leaders who command their subject on the page but haven’t yet found their full power in the room.
The work is experiential, drawing on improvisational theatre and structured role play to create the kind of pressure where real skill gets built. Not performance training. Presence training.
I bring 40 years as a professional improviser and actor in New York City to every room I work in.
If your expertise deserves a room that truly gets to Aha — I’d love to talk.