We can all relate to the second-hand embarrassment that creeps in when a manager attempts to make light of a bad situation and the joke falls flat. Crickets. After all, we expect our leaders to be the ...

For a brief moment, the best-priced performance in London was a comedy show by Western University neuroscientists. No two-drink minimum necessary. Participants in the study had their brains scanned ...

What makes things funny? For millennia, philosophers and empirical scientists have pursued this question. Consequentially, we now have many theories, often backed up by experimental evidence, that ...

I research leaders who have passionate hobbies, and I recently zoomed in on the “comedians” category: managers who do standup comedy or improvisational theatre in their spare time. They believe that ...

Scientists aren't comedians, but it turns out a joke or two can go a long way. That's according to a new study that found when researchers use humor in their communication -- particularly online -- ...