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From KQED. From KQED. From KQED, Public Radio and San Francisco, I'm Michael Krasny.

So, a marketing professor and a comic walk into Stanford Business

School and teach a popular class. It's called humor, serious business. Jennifer Ocker and

Naomi Bogdana say their mission is to make sure that the next generation of leaders don't

launch into the world, quote, without a healthy dose of humanity, humility, and intellectual perspective that only humor can bring.

We'll talk to them about their new book, Humor Seriously, how we can bring much-needed humor into our work and lives, especially now.

We'll get the conversation started right after this news. Welcome to this morning's forum. I'm Michael Krasny.

Jennifer Ocker and Naomi Bogdana say we need more human connection in the workplace,

especially in a time when in-person meetings have been replaced by Zoom.

Stanford Marketing Professor Jennifer Ocker and Comic and Stanford Lecture Naomi Bogdana.

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