Why great leaders take humor seriously | Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas

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🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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There's a mistaken belief in today's working world that leaders need to be serious all the time to be taken seriously. The research tells a different story. Based on the course they teach at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, behavioral scientist Jennifer Aaker and corporate strategist Naomi Bagdonas delve into the surprising power of humor: why it's a secret weapon to build bonds, power, creativity and resilience -- and how we can all have more of it.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
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0:04.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily.
0:10.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:13.0	Jokes are always more funny when you have to explain the joke, right?
0:17.0	No?
0:18.0	Okay, well, today's archive talk from Ted Monterrey in 2021
0:22.0	isn't going to unpack why certain jokes are funny because that wouldn't be funny.
0:27.0	Instead, behavioral scientist Jennifer Acre and corporate strategist Naomi Bagnonas give us a talk together, peppered with humor to make a point
0:36.2	about why humor is so effective in business and in life.
0:40.9	Get ready to chuckle along with them after the break.
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