Maybe improv classes or subsidizing employees to exhibit art or publicly perform music?
The problem is when people tell themselves "that's just how I am" and don't have a high enough EQ to notice that they're coming across as jerks.
Everyone is different and everyone requires a personal touch. It's important for people to understand how to get along with those who aren't exactly like them.
Some ppl have a whole life behind them with insecurities and bullying and traumas, and
... Itll be hard for improv classes for a week to have much effect compared to that
But still it's an interesting idea, I suppose if the more shy ppl in the company got to do impro, that'd be good for the company (and them too)
+ Can be teambuilding too
Maybe the improv world is different, I've never done improv (yet)
> Within psychology, researchers sometimes colloquially refer to traits like ‘‘conversational turn-taking’’ and ‘‘average social sensitivity’’ as aspects of what’s known as psychological safety — a group culture that the Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson defines as a ‘‘shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking.’’ Psychological safety is ‘‘a sense of confidence that the team will not embarrass, reject or punish someone for speaking up,’’ Edmondson wrote in a study published in 1999. ‘‘It describes a team climate characterized by interpersonal trust and mutual respect in which people are comfortable being themselves.’’
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-lear...
My takeaway is you need to be nice, be respectful, and fire toxic people even if they do jump through all the right hoops.