Summer Olympics Inspiration
Once again the Summer Olympics are setting the standards of excellence for all of us. Athletes from all over the world join the pageantry of color and achievement.It is inspirational and causes us all...
View ArticleThe Role of Laughter and Humor
Humor workshop participant Melissa reports:"The role of laughter has always been important in my life. I have had to raise five children as well as care for a disabled husband; without laughter life...
View ArticleMistakes of the Tongue (Organization Malapropisms)
His boss is a benevolent pictator.All of our executives have emotional indulgence.Ford employees are motorvated.Engineers are particularly good at mathematics, particularly division and...
View ArticleVista Coming!!
We are pleased to announce that we will be purchasing Vista Computers for the campus this fall. Because of budget restrictions, however, we will only be able to purchase about 25 per cent of our...
View ArticleSelling Your Cubicle!
Does this sound absurd? Of course it isn't if you want to get ahead in your organization. You may want to be located close to the boss's office so that you can be seen and admired. This will...
View ArticleScheduled Outage
From time to time we schedule outages to work on system computers, programs, and our voice systems. Contrary to some views it is not personal.These are scheduled to bring our systems up to date,...
View ArticleSummer Vacations
In view of concerns about the price of gasoline we know that you many not be taking an out of town vacation this summer. We have the deepest empathy and have thought long and hard about what the...
View ArticleThis Lady is Funny
The following extraordinarily funny piece was submitted by a humor workshop participant:"My crazy family. How can you not laugh?If we weren't laughing we would either be crying or locked up with the...
View ArticleWhy the Corporate Chicken Crossed The Road
A compilation of answers from one of my humor classes:To check on the stock marketCouldn't make it up the corporate ladderTo become a turkeyI never seem to get the right answer to these questionsIntel...
View ArticleMore Evidence
Lynn, a humor in the workplace student offers more input on the value of laughter and humor at work:"Business executives have long known that satisfied employees are more productive. Unfortunately it...
View ArticleNew Rest Room Procedure
To: All EmployeesIn the past, employees were permitted to make trips to the rest rooms under informal guidelines. Effective the beginning of next month, a Rest Room Trip Policy (RTP) will be...
View ArticleWorkers Retiring in Stages?
A new study by Hewitt Associates found 61 % of U.S. companies have or will develop programs that let workers retire in stages.Retaining worker experience and skills was cited as the most important...
View Article"The Levity Effect"
Here are excerpts of a review found at Economist.com of "The Levity Effect" by Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher:"The Levity Effect" argues for lightening things up with such earnestness that it...
View ArticleSafety First!
One of the most important tasks in our organization is to do our various jobs safely. Our safety record here has been less than adequate to say the least.So here is what we plan to do in the future. We...
View ArticleCEO Feedback
There is increasing evidence that the nation's executives are upset with the increasing agitation being voiced in the house and senate about executive salaries, bonuses, parachutes, and other perks...
View ArticleYour Childs's View of Work
What do you think a child's view of your work might be? Your children? The child in you?Here are some possibilities:I want to go to work and play computer games all day like they doShe sits at a desk...
View ArticlePrime Qualifications for Work?
Here's a list from Humor Workshop participants:Low enthusiasmWilling to work long hours for little pay and to feel good about itAbility to smileAbility to use ears, eyes, and voice for long...
View ArticleExaggeration Exercise?
Yes. You can have fun expanding a "truth" about yourself. Here are a few examples from my humor class:I talk to myself all day while driving and tell myself jokes and laugh. Other drivers think I'm...
View ArticleYour life filled with absurdities?
From the excellent book: The Healing Power of Humor by Allen Klein"Your life is filled with absurdies. Look for them; they are laughable. One of the easiest places to find these is in your mistakes,...
View ArticleOffice Terminology
Blame Storming: The process of a group blaming someone for a missed due date---normally the department not presentChainsaw Consultant: The outside expert that recommends massive layoffs to pay for his...
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