Dare To Be Human

 Kat and Alex have a wonderful conversation with Melissa on a range of topics. We discuss the class Acting with Power, the impact it has on her students and the first time she taught it. Melissa shares some interesting insights into people's relationship to power and the difference between power, status, and authority. We talk about chasing those moments where everything just seems to click and things just seems to flow. Kat and I also delve into the role of status and status behaviors around gender with our guest and talks about what we can be more aware of in helping to shift those dynamics. We also discuss improv as a vehicle for personal experimentation and transformation before Melissa shares an awesome, insightful and somewhat heartbreaking Dare to Be Human story On Faculty at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) Melissa Jones Briggs works as a Lecturer in Organizational Behavior teaching Acting with Power. This popular second-year MBA and executive education elective uses perfor