 Successful one, as you can see. At the age of 18, I was enlisted to the IDF. Probably some of you know, military is compulsory in Israel. So a boy served for three years and a girl's for two. I served for four years because I was an officer in infantry. At the age of 22, I was black. At the age of 22, I was discharged and then became successful. The next 20 years, I completed my MBA and today I'm an operation manager. And I still do military reserve duty a few days or weeks once a year. I formed my improv group seven years ago and I perform. And again, I have my own private military unit, my beautiful wife and four kids. And it came to my mind, why don't I take these set of skills and apply improv in the military a few years ago. And I found it to be extremely challenging. This is a military canteen, okay, a water canteen. When I was 18 years old in military boot camp, I was always reminded by my superior commanders that following orders and obeying rules would serve me well. That's why I wasn't surprised at my sergeant rage when I told him I lost my canteen. He yelled at me, I don't care how you get back your canteen private, you may very well improvise. Now at that time, my sergeant seemed like a huge guy, although he was a foot shorter than me. For him, improvise meant getting back that canteen by all means. So a few weeks later when I told him I can't find the safety protocol for the shooting range, he told me, don't worry about that, we'll simply improvise. Which basically meant I will do our best to match these safety procedures. So what I learned that in the military, improvising is a term I'm rightfully used to describe breaking rules. Breaking protocol, which is a big no-no for an organization that is based on discipline and structure and orders. So you might probably know different kinds of organizations and can imagine how improv can be applied to achieve better personal skills and team collaboration. However, the military in this sense is a little different. You might argue that military is all about combat and training and discipline and efficiency. Well, I'd like to refute some of these beliefs specifically for the idea of the Israeli defense force. Well, personally only 18% of personnel actually serve in field roads like I did, the other 72% do not. Women can be found in 69% of all IDF positions. So there's a lot of women also in field roads. And most of manpower is very young, aged 18 to 21. And actually the military has additional roles that you can imagine. One of them is participating in the International Rescue Mission. Actually, my best friend is an official military medical clown as part of the medical field unit in the IDF. It goes to a rescue mission. But still, the military is still all about discipline and structure and following orders. Actually, for a soldier in the military, the best way to excel is following your orders. Yes, sir. And commanders are trained to take tough and decisive decisions under pressure. And applying improv in these situations might be a little tricky. I mean, imagine this field commander in the field whispering to his soldiers or his troops. This is the moment we've all been training for. The enemy is straight ahead. On my count, we're going to charge like a platoon. One, two, excuse me, soldier from the back. Just any, yes, and me here. Charging is a brilliant idea. Why don't we add to it a little bit of sass? Dancing, singing. I guess this will not have such a good impact in the military. So once a year, commanders from the same unit tend to meet for a strategic and tactic seminar. In these seminars, they discuss their weaknesses, strengths, collaboration, and agree on future plans. I facilitated some of my improv workshops in these seminars, attempting to fix this wrong interpretation of improv concept, and introduce improv tools in order to make better units, collaborate, and create it. And here are a few ideas that helped me to do so. First, I facilitate these workshops in civilian clothing. While in the military, there is respect for the chain of command, and the highest rank in the room is superior. I, as a civilian, had the highest rank in the room. Therefore, automatically considered as an expert. I don't have to do anything, just a beer. So how good is that? I use a lot of games that are very playful, and see probably all these ones, Tiger, Cow, and Alien. And these games that were, again, very funny and playful, is a very unconventional way to interact in the military, a very formal organization. And these games enabled commanders to metaphorically appeal their seriousness, ranks, and uniform, and play like kids. They could reflect on their decision-making process and stay decisive, yet open. And we had a lot of fun. What really amazed me was that as higher I went up in the chain of command, the more commanders were ready to have fun and play, and find relevance in improv to their daily activity, commanding their units. I mean, maybe maturity or age, but it was very interesting. Linky, I end my sessions with this beautiful phrase by Bob Nelson. Take your job seriously and yourself lightly. And after these commanders, the opportunity to downsize their ego and be more accessible to their subordinates and really listen to them, which is really fun. I completed over 100 workshops until today, and with the military, most of them, some of them were very successful. Commanders shared with me after sessions their attempts to apply improv in their daily activity. One shared with me that he applied this and his staff meeting, encouraging his subordinates to bring creative and out-of-the-box ideas that already he gained through that, their ideas, new ideas, and new ways of training in a very traditional organization, which was very nice. And I must say that a lot of the times in all the sessions I had a lot of fun, and we laughed about it, and I do believe that humor is a great glue for a military unit. But to say the truth, sometimes I feel like I hit a glass ceiling. And this is R.H. A good friend of mine, 20 years ago, I was his deputy, and today he's one of the most decorated generals in the IDF. And with his unit's workshop, I felt I could break through his constant need to control the room. And I had difficulty convincing him that if he could let go for a minute, the official military formality, he can gain his unit being independent and creative and collaborating. And actually, that's my mission. That's my mission here. To find a way I can lead a significant process in the military that can lead a real impact, because I do believe that improv tools can make this wonderful and interesting organization called the military a better place. And that's my mission. I would like you to help me achieve it. Thank you.