Humor, and its resultant laughter, can help us relieve stress in even the most stressful times. Now, I’m not saying you have to have gallows humor like my twisted family, but using humor to reject, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using humor as a shield is something many of us do without even realizing it. While being funny can be great, it becomes ...

Jokes can help to relieve tension in the workplace and bring the team together, but they can also cause needless offense. How ...

Humor is a secret weapon in business and life. That is the subtitle of Humor, Seriously, a book by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas. As consultants and business school professors, Aaker and Bagdonas ...

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Being able to make your people laugh can foster resilience, psychological safety and a culture of innovation, ultimately enhancing organizational performance and employee satisfaction. Here’s how to ...

Humor has long been seen as a “soft skill,” useful for easing awkward Zoom moments or sharing a laugh with colleagues. But CU Boulder researchers Tony Kong and Peter McGraw argue it’s far more than ...

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I’ve been studying humor as an academic for a couple of decades now. I’ve written a doctoral dissertation about it, published articles about it, given talks about it, and am an avid consumer of ...