Becca Barish, LCSW is a learning designer who uses her background in Social Work and improvisation to motivate connection, empathy, vulnerability, and resilience in the workplace. She believes that success can be boiled down to the everyday interactions that may seem small, but set the tone for the entire organizational culture.

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Masters in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago, Becca has worked to apply improv in clinical and business settings through her work as a designer and facilitator for Second City Works, the corporate arm of the iconic Second City theater, as well as serving as Program Head for Second City’s Wellness Department.

She has helped develop programs such as Improv for Anxiety, Improv for Autism, Humor Doesn't Retire, Improv for Veterans, Improv for Clinicians, and Improv for Parkinson's. Most recently, she helped design “Improvising Radical Candor,” a collaboration between Second City and Radical Candor that incorporates improv performance and exercises in exploring how to best manage feedback conversations.

She is also grateful to design and facilitate with Nova Collective, a company that trains across all levels of an organization to comprehend and operationalize core Diversity, Equity and Inclusion concepts.