The Importance of Humor in the Workplace

We all love a good laugh in our downtime. Who among us hasn’t spent an evening in a comedy club, gone to see a funny movie, or even just curled up on the couch with a hilarious book or tv show? Yes, humor is essential to our lives outside the office, but it can be every bit as essential inside the office as well. Here are three reasons why humor is important in the workplace.

Humor makes people enjoy working with you. Everyone has that one funny person in the office, and odds are that funny person is well liked. When it comes down to working with people, we would all prefer to work with someone we like rather than someone we find dry and stuffy or just otherwise don’t get along with.

Humorous people are more approachable. Humor helps break tension and put people at ease, so it’s only natural that humorous people are more approachable. That approachability leads to better communication and more productive relationships at the workplace, as there are fewer social barriers getting in the way of work.

Humor boosts morale. A productive workplace is one which people actually enjoy spending time in, and that has a lot to do with morale. Humor is a huge morale booster, and an absolutely essential ingredient to creating a workplace that people look forward to going into.

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Is Netflix Taking Over Stand up Comedy?

Stand up comedy has been a difficult profession since its inception. Comics would spend years, often decades, paying their dues and performing in small clubs to thankless audiences, dealing with hecklers, and occasionally getting stiffed by club owners and show promoters. While the world of stand up comedy isn’t necessarily getting any easier, it certainly is changing, and much of that change is due in no small part to Netflix.

Before the days of on-demand viewing a television special was considered the holy grail for stand up comics. HBO had positioned themselves as an innovator and industry leader with 40 years worth of experience in the game, but specials were often reserved for a select few. The playing field started opening up thanks to Comedy Central, who for the past two decades have offered the opportunity to lesser known but still hilarious comics.

Enter Netflix. Although they face steep competition and an uphill battle thanks to imitators and licensing rights threatening the loss of existing content, they’re still the biggest player in the game of on-demand content. And with millions of people around the globe flipping through Netflix deciding what to watch, comedians of all kinds have found themselves being discovered exclusively through the service. Add to that the fact that more comedy specials are being produced now than ever before, many of them exclusively for Netflix, and you have the makings of a bid for comedic domination. It’ll be an interesting, if not hilarious, revolution to watch.

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