Integris Credit Union, based in Prince George, British Columbia has a fabulous motto: “Work made fun, gets done.” The motto reminds me of Volkswagen’s Fun Theory campaign which showed how people would change their behavior for the better when it was made fun to do so, most famously demonstrated in the musical staircase built in…
READ MOREToday is official Dance Like a Chicken Day. But if that doesn’t get you clucking, maybe the fact that it’s also Receptionist Day will get a better reception in your office. In addition to thanking your receptionists for all the great work they do, it’s also a good day to take stock of how welcoming…
READ MOREResearch into that elusive beast known as happiness suggests that the frequency of positive events happening throughout the day is more important than the intensity of a positive experience. So better, those happy researchers say, to have 15 small happy events spread out throughout the day, rather than just one big happy event. In the…
READ MOREWhile doing business research two years ago in Stockholm, Sweden, I dropped by the Vasa Museum. The Vasa was a warship that sank in the Stockholm harbor in 1628 while on her maiden voyage. Several dozen people drowned. The captain was just one of many people who knew the ship was not seaworthy and that…
READ MORE“Embrace teamwork, create positivity, spread humor and show off your fighting spirit” are the four core values of the outdoor advertising company AFA JCDecaux that I visited in Copenhagen two years ago. I’ve mentioned them in past e-zine issues and blog posts because of their tendency to do unorthodox things. Outrageous things. Wacky things.
READ MORESince we’re in the middle of Humor Month and Stress Awareness Month, let’s look at how our style of humor might be either helping or hindering our fight against stress. Humor researchers have created a Humor Styles Questionnaire, which classifies humor styles into four different categories:
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