Humor from leaders can greatly enhance a team’s enthusiasm and effectiveness. But you must be thoughtful in how you use it.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After working a new job for only three weeks with no issues, an employee was flabbergasted to learn that he was being fired. Perhaps even more shocking was the reason why he was being fired. After ...

The use of jokes and comedy affects how confident we appear, how productive and creative we are and even how much status we achieve. Brad Bitterly and Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School join us ...

When a team meeting begins with a short, genuine laugh, it may feel like a trivial moment. But mounting research suggests those moments of levity do far more than brighten a Monday.

If you are a “that’s what she said” hater, aka the best dirty joke set-up to ever exist, my first question is: Are you against fun and all good things in this world? But, my second would definitely be ...