#77 How Humor can Boost Creativity and Trust at Workplace with Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas

Naomi Bagdonas & Jennifer Aaker Authors Humor, Seriously chat with Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.

Dr. Jennifer Aaker is a behavioural scientist, author, and General Atlantic Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Coulter Family Fellow. She studies how purpose and meaning shape the choices individuals make and how technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mixed Reality (XR) are redefining human interaction.

Naomi Bagdonas is a bestselling author, innovation strategist, media coach, and Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. At Stanford's Graduate School of Business, she teaches courses at the intersection of humor, purpose, and leadership.

Listen to the podcast to learn about

01:00 - Humour at the Workplace - Why & How
11:35 - Standup, Sweetheart, Sniper, Magnet: What's Your Humor Style
23:00 - The Core of Humor: Truth and Misdirection
28:00 - “People want to be valued members on a winning team”
34:50 - Why your Agenda should be Half work and Half play

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After humor it's time to explore risk taking. Listen to the episode with Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Author Choose Possibility. We talk about evaluating risks at early stage startups as a founder, how to train your team to take risks and why the right framework is gut-data-gut not gut vs data. 

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