Ray James draws on a wealth of experience in improvisational comedy and stage work to offer a unique perspective on creativity and innovation, whether personal or professional. We all start with a blank page. For some, that is a forbidding challenge to fill; for others, it is an open invitation to a road-trip adventure. All of us carry both mindsets. Because filling an empty stage with entertaining stories was a nightly task in improvisational theatre, Ray learned how to leap before you look and land safely. By the end of this talk, audiences leave with simple, important techniques to put fear in the back seat and take on tasks that once seemed too formidable to attempt.