Open Thread: Humor and the Bottom Line
If you “google” humor and business success you’ll pull somewhere over 13 million hits. With that much interest the topic must surely be worth a deeper look.
Humor can provide a lot of energy to help a business succeed. Humor can help increase productivity, improve communicatoins, and boost morale.
Think about how you use humor in your business and what the benefits are. Does your company use humor to address the daily grind of operations? Do you have a fun office environment?
Would you be willing to share your funny work story in the comments section?
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Tribal Elder says on October 17th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
A substantial portion of my work is pursuing receivables, an a lot of the people I’m calling really don’t want to talk to me. So the message I leave is a pleasantly toned —
“Hello, my name is TribalElder, and I represent Client Company. I’m another pesky lawyer looking for money. Call me at 555-###-####”
It works for both voicemail and gatekeeper secretaries. About 75% of the debtors return that call. I suspect the reason it works is it’s true, direct and it doesn’t sound starchy or self-important.
Michael says on October 18th, 2006 at 8:56 am
Hell no and I’m getting out. I think humor and personal growth are necessary to combat the struggle to “optimize” the bottom line. Success naturally comes forth when our inner self is more fully engaged and at peace. Humor can relax the moment, definitely.
Adrian says on October 24th, 2006 at 12:12 am
If you google HUMOUR you will get even more – Americans spell Humor, others spell humour :)
Reg Adkins says on October 24th, 2006 at 7:11 am
Adrian, that’s brilliant! I can’t believe I never considered the impact of alternative spellings on market impact! I sense an article coming on.
nemoforone says on March 29th, 2007 at 11:32 am
What about the possibility of pulling out of Iraq, letting Iran invade and lose resources fighting their own kind,
and then come in and mop up the dregs?