Humor. We need it in our communication at work, in groups, on teams – in our personal life too.
The humor landscape is constantly changing which has us misstep as well.
How can this topic be so heavy and hard?!
I spent a year on Clubhouse co-hosting a weekly room on humor in the workplace — I have never been in such a serious space week after week!
Humor is essential and counterintuitively a super-serious topic. And we can’t allow the difficulty of navigating humor to keep us from trying!
Kathy Klotz-Guest MA, MBA brings helpful insights and guidance to the world of humor.
“Anyway… People are human. They have feelings. They have experiences. Sometimes you can do all these things and still someone doesn’t like it. Understand that humor is not exact. It’s part art. Following these guidelines will minimize risk, not 100% eliminate it. There is no such thing.
Ask yourself this, “Does this come at the expense of another person?” If no, great. If yes, then don’t. Most people aren’t trying to hurt others.
There are so many ‘don’ts’ and I don’t want to do that. The more don’ts we give, the more fear we create. Use playfulness and curiosity with humor and you are so much less likely to get it wrong.
We need humor. The answer isn’t fear. It’s curiosity and playfulness. That rarely goes wrong.”
Hilary Blair is a leadership keynote speaker based out of Denver, CO, and is the co-founder of ARTiculate: Real & Clear. She is also a highly regarded, actor, improviser, facilitator, voice-over artist, and voice expert coach. Contact us today to learn more.
