Mirth Management

Writing with humor is often difficult. It’s even harder still to catch the humor when we read, as accustomed as we are to believing that...

The classical pianist/humorist Victor Borge once said “the shortest distance between two people is a smile.” Authenticity has become an...

Last week’s post set up the idea that many of those leadership lists are either incorrect or incomplete, or they’re pedaling a falsehood....

Take a look around at any lists of the qualities any leader needs to have. You’ll be sure to see words like intelligence, integrity,...

I want to take a moment and wish everyone a great and fulfilling new year. The year that was 2020 was chock full of challenges. It was...

We all have to face difficult situations. Some of them of our making and others the world drops unceremonoiusly in our laps, as in the...

In this last of a three-part series on humor and interviews, I want to focus on a background thought or assumption that’s important. It’s...

This post is the third one in a four-part series on using humor in interviews. The first one just related a story of a time when I was...

Humorous Interviews In last week’s post I wrote about a time when I was asked to tell a joke in an interview. And to repeat, that’s not...

You often hear that you should stay away from using humor in interviews or when in meetings with new people or in formal spaces. This is...

When I write about humor I often write about how good it is for someone as an individual and or some organization. I focus a lot on what...

Mel Brooks once said that “humor is just another defense against the universe.” I find the ability to laugh off difficulty, to approach...

In a recent article on Vox, Emily Van Der Werff writes an insightful criticism and reflection on the nature of political satire as seen...

In a recent Zoom meeting I was reminded of something really important to conversation and interpretation: The Principle of Charity. This...

One of the ideas I constantly tell people to play with is finding incongruities or play around with the day to day things in their lives....

Anyone and everyone has deliverables. School doesn’t call the assignments or grades deliverables, but they surely are. Ask any college...

Albert Einstein once said that “Creativity is intelligence having fun,” and Andrew Carnegie said “Where there’s little laughter, there’s...

Recently some colleagues and I have finished up and submitted for review at a journal (fingers crossed) a research article on humor and...

One of the things I try to tell people is that adding a little fun or humor in your day to day is not all that difficult. Take a look at...

I don't know about you but 2020 is one of the weirdest years I've experienced and we're only halfway through. Life feels disjointed. With...