How can you get ahead in your career and still enjoy the ride? Fortunately, you don’t have to tell sidesplitting jokes to make humor work for you. You can learn to think like a comedian instead.

In a setting where you don’t know your audience, women may want to roll out the jokes cautiously Adapted from a story by The Washington Post’s Jena McGregor. It’s no secret that women in leadership ...

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 ...

So you’re the cut-up at the copy machine? Don’t be so sure that your coworkers aren’t laughing behind your back. While several “how to get ahead” websites and books recommend humor as a way to win ...

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 ...

Our own research—and a growing body of work by other scholars—shows that it’s harder to be funny than most people think. This class—developed by Stanford lecturers and comedians from Comedy Central ...

Funny work memes are never in short supply across social media. Most Americans with full-time jobs spend over one-third of their waking hours at work each week. And that’s not including the time it ...

How can you get ahead in your career and still enjoy the ride? Comedy works by bending and breaking norms – and when those rules aren’t broken in just the right way, it’s more likely to harm your ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Fortunately, you don’t have to tell sidesplitting jokes to make humor work for you.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) In February, the town asked a judge to throw out the lawsuits, but the judge denied ...