The following is adapted from Shtick to Business: What the Masters of Comedy Can Teach You about Breaking Rules, Being Fearless, and Building a Serious Career. (Handout/MCT) Who doesn’t want to be the funniest person in the office? But as a behavioral economist turned humor researcher, I have stopped encouraging
The following is adapted from Shtick to Business: What the Masters of Comedy Can Teach You about Breaking Rules, Being Fearless, and Building a Serious Career. (Kobal/REX/Shutterstock) There is a saying in Silicon Valley, “Launch early and often.” To be successful launching early and often, it is critical to limit
The following is adapted from Shtick to Business: What the Masters of Comedy Can Teach You about Breaking Rules, Being Fearless, and Building a Serious Career. Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen offended some people with his lime-green mankini-wearing character Borat, but he was too busy listening to the people he made
The following is adapted from Shtick to Business: What the Masters of Comedy Can Teach You about Breaking Rules, Being Fearless, and Building a Serious Career. It seems like every other week, there is a comedian in trouble for a joke. But those jokes are going to keep coming—as long
The following is adapted from Shtick to Business: What the Masters of Comedy Can Teach You about Breaking Rules, Being Fearless, and Building a Serious Career. It sounds like the set-up to a joke: what do Joan Rivers and Charles Schlulz have in common? But the answer is serious. They
Note: this post is adapted from the Solo podcast episode: Solo Thoughts 3: A Remarkable Pandemic I recently had the obligatory Covid-19 meltdown — after I realized how far away “normal” is. You are probably thinking, “What took you so long?” In my defense, when the quarantine hit, I took off for
Here is a preview of Covid-related insights from a forthcoming episode of Solo (on 7/30). These three observations were made by friends whom I sought advice from after a covid-related meltdown I was having. 1. “The cavalry is not coming.” By now, this should be self-explanatory. There is no institution
As you know, I have a new book. (Pro-tip: don’t launch a book during a pandemic.) In any case, I gave a talk about it today and presented the concept of shitstorming (or the HR-friendly name “shtickstorming“). What is shitstorming? Here is the passage from Chapter 1 (Reverse it.) that
Peter McGraw kicks off a series on solitude with a scientific look at the topic. In this episode, he speaks to Robert Coplan, a
Welcome to the final episode of I’M NOT JOKING. Comedian JD Lopez returns from Episode 1 to debrief and reflect on Peter’s experience building
