Leaders are Guides in the Wilderness: Humor at Work on Safari

Michael Kerr from safari in Botswana looks at 3 traits that safari guides share with inspiring leaders in the workplace.

Can Humor Help a Company Kiss and Make Up?

Brilliantly clever apology video from Johnson and Johnson, apologizing to customers for an interruption in distribution of a popular feminine hygiene product.  Customers could enter their own name and the entire song and video would be customized for that particular name.  The video went viral and went on to win …

Is All the Blah, Blah, Blah Giving You the Blahs?

Textman and Mike Discuss the Perils and Pitfalls of Workplace Jargon

Wow Your Customers By Breaking Some Big Rules

Sometimes you need to break some rules, challenge some conventions, to offer a memorable customer experience.

Funny Business in Writing. Humor at Work Interview with Textman

Humor at Work interviews Mike Vlessides, aka “Textman” on how to grow your sense of humor & improve your writing skills at the same time!

Inspiring Danish Company Uses Lots of Humor to Build Success

Putting humor to work at AFA JCDecaux

The Conference Call – Is This Effective Communication in the Workplace?

The hilarious O’Shea Report with their take on conference calls.  www.theosheareport.com

The True Cost of a Bad Boss

Courtesy One Minute MBA.   For great ideas check them out at:  http://www.onlinemba.com/blog/true-cost-bad-boss

Building a Tribal Culture

The CEO of Argus Industries talks about adding humor to the workplace and building a great workplace culture.

Inspiring Hotel Values Environmental Sustainabilty

Inspiring workplaces need to live and reflect inspiring values.

Adding Humor into Your Recipe for Success

A dash of humor in the workplace can help grow any business.  

Even Scientists Get to Play Sometime

Mike visits a fun exhibit at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Fun Theory in Action in Stockholm, Sweden

Can adding a little fun change people’s behaviors?

Creating Happier Workplaces (Part Two)

The second part of my interview with the author of “Happy Hour is 9 to 5″ on the importance of happiness in the workplace.

Creating Happy Workplaces: Interview with a Chief Happiness Officer

Humor as a Branding Tool: Men in Kilts (4 minutes)

Humor is a fabulous way to brand your business and deliver memorable customer service.  (4 minutes) 

Interview with Beryl’s Queen of Fun & Laughter

Workplace culture expert Michael Kerr interviews Beryl’s Queen of Fun & Laughter on how they create a great place to work.

Interview with the author of “Why is Everyone Smiling?”

Michael Kerr interviews Paul Spiegelman, the author of “Why is Everyone Smiling?” and the CEO and founder of Beryl, a truly inspiring workplace.

Interview with humor in the workplace speaker/humorist Tim Gard

Celebrate Monthly Team Accomplishments!

Five “Movember” Lessons on Making Change Fun

Five lessons from the Movember fundraising campaign on how to rally your team around a common cause.

Add More Fun at Work Through Traditions and Rituals

Build teamwork, strengthen your culture, lower stress, boost fun and humor at work with traditions and rituals.

Workplace Culture Insights from Zappos: Creating a Workplace that WOWS!

An interview with Zappos “Lead Culture Guide.”

Keeping Creativity Flowing in Your Workplace

What blocks and what helps creativity flow in the workplace?

4 R’s of Using Humor in a Business Presentation

Using humor in a talk is only a good idea if you want to be successful!  Here are 4 simple R’s to remember the next time you use humor in a presentation.

Boost Your Energy, Interview with speaker/author Linda Edgecombe

Boost your energy, create a new story.  Interview with author and award-winning speaker Linda Edgecombe

The Elusive Humor Line

Where is the elusive humor line at work that no one wants to cross?

Hilarious But Oh-So-True Look at PowerPoint

Life After Death by PowerPoint, Corporate comedian Don McMillan

Give Me a Break! Author Hugh Culver on Managing Your Time, Your Life

Time management tips from Hugh Culver, author of “Give Me a Break!”

Humor at Work: Hire for Attitude, Hire for Fun!

If you want to create a fun, innovative, inspiring workplace culture then hire fun, creative inspiring people!

Humor at Work: Reward Your Stress!

Humor at Work: Are You Part of the Management Flavor of the Month Club?

Humor at Work: Are You Part of the Management Flavor of the Month Club?

Humor at Work: Collect Funny and Unusual Customer Comments and Questions

An easy way to add more humor to your workplace is to amass a collection of unusual customer comments or questions, such as these wacky questions I collected as a park naturalist.

5 Tips for Growing Your Humor Sense

Here are five simple things you can practice doing to grow your sense of humor.

THe Essential Office Tools for More Fun at Work!

Here’s the must-have toys and props for any office interested in adding more fun and creativity and humor into the workplace!

Summer Fun in the Workplace: 10 Ways to Add Humor at Work

Ten ways to add more fun and humor into your workplace this summer!

Heroes in the Workplace

How do you tell the stories of your workplace heroes?

Meetings without Breaking the Bank

Meetings don’t have to cost a fortune…especially if you don’t build an artificial lake!

Leadership Lessons from Derek Sivers

If you haven’t seen this “lessons on leadership” from Derek Sivers, then please enjoy! Three minutes long with an interesting leadership message delivered in a fun way!  The video is also a great example of looking for creative lessons everywhere and anywhere and an example of delivering a message in …

Laughter at work reduces stress, improves team unity

Laughter in the workplace really is the best medicine for reducing stress and boosting team unity.

Add Fun at Work by Doing the Happy Dance

In this exciting episode, Mike teaches you how to do the happy dance safely,  and offers suggestions on how to use it effectively to add more humor to the workplace.

More Humor at Work by Adding Humor to Workplace Signs

A simple way to add more humor and fun to your customer service, your image and your workplace is to look for opportunities to add humor to any and all your workplace signs.

Roadblocks to Creativity and Innovation at Work

What road blocks are clogging up the creative process in your workplace?

Customer Service with Ease

An interview with customer service expert, speaker and author Jeff Mowatt.

Humor at Work Goes on an Inspiration Hunt in Canmore!

Looking for new ideas? Then take the team and hit the road around your neighborhood like Mike did.

Stand Up Economist Puts Humor to Work

An interview with “Stand Up Economist” Yoram Bauman on how humor brings even a subject like economics to life!

Leader or Manager: Cruising Facebook at Work?

Ever have a manager like this?

Humor Reframes Stress: Why Bronze Seems Better than a Silver Lining

Humor helps us be more human – it helps us recover from the agony of defeat and helps us stay humble with the thrill of victory.

Negative Employees at Work: Five Ways to Deal with Fun Suckers

There’s not much humor in the workplace when negative employees start sucking the life out of your team.  This week, Humor at Work offers five simple strategies for dealing with negative coworkers.

Motivating Employees at Work – Olympic Style

Are you a cheerleader for your employees or a cheer-manager?  Three lessons about motivating employees from the Olympics.

The Smile-o-Matic Employee Motivator!

Introducing the smile-o-matic, which begs the question: are you a manager or a true LEADER?

Humor at Work Episode 7: Selling the Boss on a Humor Committee

How to sell the boss on a “humor at work” committee. Plus a fun networking idea.  (4.5 minutes long)

Humor at Work #6: Six Rules for a Great Meeting

Humor at work: six simple yet critical rules for hold an effective meeting.   Plus enter a video contest to win a free humor at work workshop!

Humor at Work: Practical Jokes in the Workplace

Practical jokes in the workplace, using humor in the workplace to tell the truth during tough times, and e-stress at work is stressing out the stressed guy! Plus a valuable lesson from Enron!

Humor at Work: Humor in Challenging Times (6 minutes)

During challenging times, humor in the workplace becomes even more critical.   Black humor and subversive humor are normal responses to dealing with stress, and to dealing with difficult work circumstances, which is likely why Dilbert cartoons become more popular during economic downturns!

Humor at Work: Customer Service With a Laugh

Humor at work, episode 3, 10-minutes.   Add fun to your workplace with sponaneous “surf’s up” days,  customer service with a laugh, and using contests at work.   Plus a new contest: win a free humor at work library and workshop!

Humor at Work: Episode #2 Is Work Where Ideas Go to Die?

Humor at Work: Superheroes washing windows, the stressed guy is stressed about policy,  ideas about ideas at work and a fun at work tip fetauring accidental humor in the workplace.

Humor at Work: Episode #1

Put humor to work in your workplace!  In this episode:  “The Stressed Guy”,  “We’ve GOT to Stop Meeting Like This!” and a Fun at Work tip from Mike featuring the “Fun Theory.”