Simo Routarinne on Status
At last week’s Applied Improvisation Conference in Chicago I managed to snatch a few minutes with Simo Routarinne, an expert on the use of status. 
Simo is from Helsinki, Finland and is an improviser, facilitator, teacher, trainer, actor, writer, director and stuff…
Listen here – Simo Routarinne on the use of ‘status’
We chatted for about 20 minutes. Here are the ‘show notes’:
00.00 Introduction, shift from prof acting to impro + applications, on making your partner look good
03.10 What is status? About what you do, not who you are. Dynamic status. Use of space
06.43 Value of high/low status
08.29 Moving status and why we should be aware of it? Saving the world. Status fights.
10.56 Debate and verbal violence, friendly discussion and the hidden status competition, reactions to status challenges
13.50 Consequences of not reacting, passive aggression – avoiding conflict by not reacting
16.07 Counter-attack and conflict escalation, bullying
16.35 Language status, skilled at recognition, hard to verbalise
18.15 Status awareness in groups, adapting to be close to the status of the group
19.53 Building trust and rapport, status of the facilitator
21.33 More info
Keith Johnstone Impro
Daniel Wieiner Rehearsals for Growth
Contact Simo Routarinne sroutari@welho.com
23.30 Ends
[...] Status has always been of interest to me as a facilitator. I think there’s a lot to learn about status dynamics and narrowing status gaps for effective facilitation. If you’ve never heard of this before, or even if you have, go and listen to Simo Routarinne chatting to me about status over at WinkiPod. [...]