Cracking jokes in the office might seem like a shortcut to likability or leadership. But new research shows that humor at work is a gamble, and the costs of a flop are often greater than the rewards ...

Garden & Gun magazine, in their February-March 2026 issue, published their first-ever humor issue, featuring popular comedian ...

National Fun at Work Day gives offices permission to loosen the tie, crack a joke and remember that spreadsheets are handled by humans, not robots. ... Read moreThe post National ...

I like humor. I try to be funny, and sometimes succeed. Thankfully, my podcast has a great producer, and so the final edits make me look a lot funnier than I really am (often by splicing together ...

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 ...

Some leaders use humor instinctively; many more could wield it purposefully. by Brad Bitterly and Alison Wood Brooks A few years ago, we conducted a research study in which we asked people to help us ...

Some leaders use humor instinctively; many more could wield it purposefully. by Brad Bitterly and Alison Wood Brooks Humor is widely considered essential in personal relationships, but in leaders, ...