Why do we laugh at movies like Office Space or shows like The Office? What’s so funny about work? For one student in the GGSC’s online Foundations of Happiness at Work course, humor is found in ...

A professor and a comedian walk into Stanford’s business school … and explain why humor in the workplace can be good for both morale and the bottom line. By Corinne Purtill The DealBook newsletter ...

Stop us if you’ve heard this one. Two workers walk into the office and start telling jokes. The first one gets everyone laughing, and does a lot more too. She makes people think she’s more competent, ...

PAUL: Welcome to Brainwaves, a new podcast about big ideas, produced at the University of Colorado Boulder. Today... [LAUGHTER] what is funny? How is it that you can tell a joke that kills in one ...

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 ...

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Bringing humor into the workplace can make your daily grind more enjoyable and help you bond with your colleagues. A well-timed joke or a witty work quote can lighten the mood and even enhance your ...

In every social group, people fit into a status hierarchy. The workplace is no exception. Many try to climb the status ladder by logging long hours, volunteering for additional assignments and ...

Earlier this week, in an analysis of how TV ads have changed in the 70 years since they first appeared on UK TV, Kantar’s Lynne Deason ran the numbers for us on what she called a “dramatic decline” in ...