Am I launching my book at the worst possible time? I don’t know, but it is ready to go. Good people, Wishing you the best during these turbulent times. I am trying to live my life as normally as I can during abnormal times. I write this from the desert
For better or worse, I am launching my book on April Fools’ Day. Find it on Amazon. With the pandemic, it is tough to find a way to cut through the clutter–and be sensitive to what is going on. Here is my attempt to create some cheeky social media graphics for
I am hosting a free webinar on 4/8. Free sign-up HERE. Shtick to Innovation:What the Masters of Comedy Can Teach You about Getting Through a Crisis and Building a Serious Career As coronavirus creates fear and uncertainty, there is a surprising place people can turn for help: comedy. Indeed, comedians
Greetings, good people. As you may know, I am on sabbatical in Los Angeles. Well, the pandemic is making me take a sabbatical from my sabbatical. I am writing this post from Joshua Tree, and I am wishing you well. My new book, Shtick to Business, launches one week from
I’ve launched a podcast that looks at the lives of comedians, improvisers, comedy writers, and other funny people from business, science, and the arts. It has been a lot of fun. I am launching five podcasts this week and will follow up with one every Wednesday. This week: JD Lopez:
Benign violation theory sighting in forthcoming research by Sam Yam and colleagues. Here is an article about it. What I like about this work is that it highlights both the risks and rewards of being funny at work: A leader who issues a steady drumbeat of ‘benign violations’ through his
The Journal of Consumer Research is publishing a paper that I wrote with Caleb Warren (University of Arizona) and Adam Barsky (University of Melbourne). We look beyond advertising research at ways humor has important effects on people’s lives. The abstract: Humor, Comedy, and Consumer Behavior Consumers regularly experience humor while
The robots are coming. With that in mind, I have been incorporating communication, creativity, and charisma lessons into my marketing management course. Students are going to need those skills during the fourth industrial revolution. The Leeds School recently covered a comedy-inspired “pitch lab” that I recently hosted. Here is an
In this heartfelt episode, Peter McGraw explores the challenging yet crucial topic of end-of-life planning for Solos with Teri Ashley, a certified advance care
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
