We hear buzzwords emphasizing the importance of interpersonal skills in creating and sustaining impactful partnerships, calling on us to “be compassionate, flexible, resilient, communicative,” to name a few. These sound great, but how do we actually put those skills into practice to collaborate and connect more effectively? In this highly interactive workshop, attendees will learn through direct experience how improvisation skills and exercises can support these goals in their professional and personal partnerships, supported by groundbreaking research connecting these activities with enhanced resilience, communication skills, and flexibility. After highlighting three decades of research supporting applied improv as a highly effective training method for these skills, we will transition into playing games to practice thinking on our feet and working as a team to enhance our connections, build new worlds together, and collaboratively solve problems in a fun, low-stakes environment.