Working Remotely or Not, Operate Like an Improv Team The following is adapted from Shtick to Business. With the pandemic in play, millions of workers all over the world have been suddenly ousted from their normal workplaces. When a team that usually works face to face is forced to rapidly
Constrained by Corona? What Squeaky-Clean Comedians can Teach You about Being More Creative The following is adapted from Shtick to Business. Freedom is a common war cry if you are a thirteenth-century Scottish warrior, but great comedy can be built on a lack of freedom—and as it turns out, a great
Till Quarantine Do Us Part: Save Your Marriage (and Sanity) by Acting Like a Single Person While flattening the curve through social distancing, married people may think, “Damn, this would be a tough time to be single.” Yet singles who are living a remarkable life are feeling the opposite way. Being stuck
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 am pleased to announce that (unlike toilet paper) my new book -Shtick to Business – is available for pre-order on the Amazon. What do comedians know about killing it in business? Just ask a behavioral economist (i.e., me) who teaches MBAs by day and decodes comedy by night. Dr.
Welcome back to the Solo series on making remarkable friends. In this episode, Peter McGraw and Mary Dahm interview a scholar, Ruth Abbey, who
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
