481: Easy Ways to Have More Fun at Work with Drew Tarvin

Drew Tarvin shares how to bring more humor and fun into the workplace.

 

You'll Learn:

1. The power of humor on your work-life productivity
2. How to craft good work humor that considers medium, audience, and purpose
3. The 3 specific situations when NOT to use humor at work

 

About Drew:

Andrew Tarvin is the world's first humor engineer, teaching people how to get better results while having more fun. Combining his background as a project manager at Procter & Gamble with his experience as a stand-up comedian, he reverse-engineers the skill of humor in a way that is practical, actionable, and gets results in the workplace. Through his company, Humor That Works, Drew has worked with more than 35,000 people at over 250 organizations, including Microsoft, the FBI, and the International Association of Canine Professionals. He is a bestselling author; has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Fast Company; and his TEDx talk has been viewed more than four million times. He loves the color orange, is obsessed with chocolate, and can solve a Rubiks Cube (but it takes like 7 minutes).

• Drew’s Book: "Humor That Works: The Missing Skill for Success and Happiness at Work"
• Drew’s Twitter: @drewtarvin
• Drew’s Website: Humor That Works

 

Resources mentioned in the show:

• Comedy Sketch: Key & Peele text message confusion (NSFW)
• Study: Candlestick Problem
• App: Evernote
• Book: “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes” by Bill Watterson

 

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