Humor at work | Andrew Tarvin | TEDxOhioStateUniversity
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- This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In this talk Andrew Tarvin talks about how he brought humor to the workplace while he worked at Procter & Gamble. After being complimented by co-workers on how humor helped them enjoy their work, Andrew decided to start becoming a humor engineer--using humor to help people become more efficient and effective in the workplace.
For a final project presentation while working at Procter & Gamble, Andrew Tarvin made presentation slides using Microsoft Paint to bring humor to his PowerPoint presentations. Since then, he has used the skills he learned as an engineer (and his funny personality) to show people how to use humor in the workplace.
Andrew Tarvin is an award-winning speaker, best-selling author, and international comedian. He's worked with more than 100 organizations including Procter & Gamble, GE, and Western & Southern Life Insurance on topics including humor in the workplace, communicating confidently, leadership through change, and strategic disengagement. He is also the author of the best-selling book 501 Ways to Use Humor at Work.
Andrew graduated with a degree in Computer Science & Engineering from The Ohio State University, where he was also a co-founder of the 8th Floor Improv Comedy Group.
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I had a friend that Applied for a job at a national Park. They asked what qualified her for the position? She replied years of watching yogi Bear as a child could guarantee that no one’s picnic basket would get stolen while she was on watch. She got the job.
Lmfao!!! Brilliant!!!
Back in1974 I did a stint as a high school teacher. Nearly everyday I used humor to motivate my students. It was by far the most powerful motivator ever deployed. I faced scathing criticism from my fellow teachers and the school principal. Needless to add all my ardent critics were absolutely gobsmacked when the results of the external exams came out and out of 117 students across 3 different classes only 1 failed and 86 passed with distinction. This was the best results the school had attained.
tltl
You must be one of those student's favourite teacher
I'm guessing that one student didn't have a sense of humor, huh? Poor guy. You did what you could.
Good will hunting
@@kibtiyahamin2838 actually I was well respected and always led by example. It never occurred to me to even try and find out whether I was well liked.
"It's not about making work funny, it's about making work fun!" Awesome talk!!
A Summary of this Video:
1. Humor helps you get more attention and stand out
2. Work & Humor need to go hand in hand to really make a difference
3. No one tells you to use humor you just have to make that choice for your ownself
4. Humour helps you solve problems better, it gets your brain running + it also helps you burn calories
5. Humor is different than comedy, it is not about making work funny but is about making work fun
Kind humor makes painful jobs enjoyable. It is truly an incredible skill!
dead on! Growing up as a child I also learned that humor was a good defense mechanism. make the biggest bully in your school laugh and he leaves you alone.
Laughter is you
Laughter is slimming😅
My Aerospace Engineering company is so dry it's really a drain. I use humor all the time and there is a significant percentage of the time it's unwelcome. Not because I use inappropriate humor, but because they are SO SERIOUS that they infer that I am not serious enough to handle projects efficiently. This is regardless of my impeccable record of project completion.
We have training modules all the time for various reasons. This talk should be a mandatory training item. Wouldn't that be great.
One last thing... to all you SQUARES out there... LiGHTEN uP !! Life is supposed to be fun!
Somewhat similar at my workplace too! I work in a Japanese company in Japan, and cracking small jokes or just laughing at workplace here, mostly inferred as you are "Not Serious" about your work! They work like damn, they even don't go to the toilet for hours! My Godd :D
amol deshpande, I know right? Some People are so constipated at work......I lasted 15 years at my last work place only because I was able to incorporate some daily “fun and light hearted comedy” into the workplace.
This should definitely be a mandatory training video
Who says life is supposed to be fun?
You suffer through 50-80 years then you die a slow painful death all alone because you can’t remember anyone which is ok because after they stuck you in the home they never came back to visit anyway.
I got fired from a job once when I tried to use humour. I said, "Hey, if I can't have a laugh at work, you can find yourself another Undertaker!"
😂
you dug it?
Stiff humour
A brilliant presentation Mr. Tarvin. Thank you. Learning how to use humor is so important. In show business we have a term..."he's always on..." To be "on" may be good for the person who is "on" but not necessarily for the listener, in fact may be disapproved of to the point of counterattack. Humor, must be tempered, if you will, to the audience, the circumstances or both, to be effective. Another consideration you underline that I like is that humor is different than comedy. Wonderful. One is immediate, the other is theater. Thanks for the opportunity to comment, the fun and the smiles woven into the fabric of your presentation.
This was great! Every CEO and anyone with a business needs to watch this. They need to know that when employees "enjoy" their work and environment they will be more productive.
Terrific. One of the best TEDx talks I've seen in ages.
Ya! I love this Talk! Now please, Part 2: How To Use It
What an inspiring talk! It takes courage to use humor in a work place where the corporate culture is very formal and staid. Just listening to Drew talk makes me want to be on a team with him. I want my coworkers to feel that way about me. Makes me want to take a few risks and give humor a shot. Improved health, physical, emotional, and financial, are worth the risk. Thanks, Drew.
You already are a greater leader than yesterday because you care enough about your team ✋
You just spoke my mind.
hey buddy it's been 8 years and wanna know if you worked on it and if it worked?
Drew, so glad you "drew" this to my attention. Great job! Excellent flow, useful points, awesome well-timed slides. Congratulations on being selected to present a TED talk. You nailed it! On your next TED talk, please include more how to find one's personal humor style and resources to help put humor into action at work. You definitely deserve TED Talk #2.
this is very very true.. thanks for the great sharing!
Absolutely brilliant!!! Thank you!!
fantastic talk - exactly in line with how I think! thank-you for your talk/message and your work!
I love this guy and his talks
Thank you! Great message! I needed this.
Brilliant! Absolutely spot on!
This is totally true...I always try to be funny or add humor to work... result turned out I best and very dedicated team members.. and they say even if some days work gets tired .. it's not boring and they dont dread their work... humor does make people feel life is so much more better. However , I was born late and still try to be efficient, hopefully it's working!
Great job, Drew!
I decided to use humor work. Got fired. Now I'm free :)
He should get a 🏅 from mankind. . God bless you and all of your followers. .
Einstein was a notorious prankster. You could say he was relatively bright.
I see what you did there!
xDD
hahaha
Nice one 😂👍
Einstein was not a good person.
Drew gets "it". He's awesome!
This is amazing, I relate so much with this guy, it really hit home when he referenced Animaniacs
And the Sherlock one oh yes we Stan!!!!
Superb.Thank you.
8:36 the guy in the back laughing 😂😂😂
This was amazing.
I just watched this because its a speech a perform and wanted to see the way Andrew did it
Amazing !!!
Thank you!
this guy has some good thoughts... its really fun as well
Really enjoyed this video. :)
Great talk !
THANK YOU
Nice job Drew. Some good facts and good one liners. You still haven't quantified humor into NOS for me yet - can you get on that.
Awesome!!!👍
This is great ❣️
I love this guy :D
Amazing
INTJ's UNITE!! I'm not sure why this excited me so much.
Great talk
I still don't know how to be funny help!! Haha, great talk!
Love it ❤
I can see the general idea behind this talk, but the truth is there is a big line, not a fine line, between executives using humor at work and lower class workers, who are struggling to meet their deadlines and all other requirements from their management...really, I think in most fields, where work is really demanding there is no time for humor. And don't even get me started on the colective idea: even if there is one person who uses humor, the other department colleagues might not be that approving of thei humourus colleague. So this is highly debatable. Maybe when you reach an executive position you can control things better, and so you can inflict the values you think are best of each situation.
Gabe from the office
C E thank you
This is pretty good stuff!
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That delayed laugh though of one guy. 😆😅
Awesome speech, would you accept a Mr SPOK in your team ?
This was a great Tedx Talk, I totally agree with Andrew's take. To bad in 2020 the SJW's, identity politics, and virtue signalers have made humor in the workplace virtually impossible.
wow!
I don't know how. Yea. The thing is, when I make a joke nobody gets it or laughs.
+fdlji dsfosde Lol.
Prateek Choudhary
Thank you :)
It wouldn't hurt to pick up a book about it if you're trying interested in making jokes that make more than just you laugh. (Personally, I think as long as I'm tickled, is a good joke and others can bask in or be jealous of my joy.)
To get you started :
-Learning to Be Funny by Mitch Earlywine
-the Comic Toolbox : How to Be Funny Even If You're Not by John Vorhaus
-the Big Book of New American Humor
I also heard a comedian give their insight once. I've forgotten all their advise except for 3 bits:
-Exaggerate ONLY 1 part of the truth. For example, if I want to joke about my height, instead of saying, "I'm so short is not funny," I would say, "I'm so short, I could milk a cow standing up."
-The Element of Surprise. The thing one expects to hear least catches people off guard and tends to be funny. For example, drawing your power point presentation in Paint when it's expected to have a very serious tone.
-Repetition. Refer back to a joke or pun you made before. It gets funnier the 2nd and 3rd time. It gets to a point where is not funny anymore, but often, if you push thru the unfunny phase sparingly enough, it becomes funny again.
I hope this helps.
Pookie Parks
wow Thank you!
stop tickling me
As much I would like to agree with Andrew and would rather work with someone like him. Certain cultures doesn't really adapt to that kind of work style and may in fact do you harm instead of brining you joy!
OMG I knew he’s INTJ from the start
Any INTJ fellows here??
How did you know? Like, what telling signs?
I’m a INTJ at heart.
Deep
Deep
Deep
Deep down in my heart.
...like, real buried deep down...
Any book recommandation about this subject plz?
I want to work under him.
Yes, more workplaces need to be like The Office
The Sherlock joke made me laugh because we don’t have middle school in the U.K. lol. Also it’s not called elementary school it’s called primary school lol
Is there a way to get the transcription of this?
I don't chase happiness any more just balance ,I can't Imagine being HAPPY all the time , that would be boring and meaningless. If we were Happy all of the time then what about all of those other wonderful emotions ? It is unrealistic and senseless to chase happiness ,it is exhausting!
Working in this guy's team is probably feels like The Office.
Yes mam
he talks like Neil Patrick Harris xD
Ahmed Hamdy Hammad that, and gabe lewis from the office
I knew him when he was called Drew.
Great story.🎉🎉🎉
How you get more friends ? Money ! And the truth ..... shall set you free !
How do you get closed friend?
It's cool
So money does not buy happiness, as the old adage goes. But what nobody told was that happiness does buy money, eh!
He really loves milkshakes, nice hair...
Why don't someone appreciate me at anything..??(inner me : good luck next time )😁
For a second I thought he was gabe from the office 🙃
The flaw with the Sherlock Holmes joke is that we don't have 'middle school' in the UK...
Lol. Look at happy. 😀.
Gabe Lewis is that you?
Nolan Conville no way i just said that. From the office?
Cody Evans you bet! Ciao!
Pinky and the Brain - who else remembers them? ;-D
I used to watch Animaniacs after school in junior high.Hellooo nurse!lol
Thought this was Gabe from the Office smh
I want to be a Humor Engineer, but I am an ENTP-T like Luke Skywalker. :-( :-) LOL
What I want to know if can you use humour to get a new job
When was it decided that dancing is not an aerobic activity?
Watson and Sherlock wouldn’t know cos English schools don’t have same class names .
First / middle / senior .
It is more than 33% of time at work from our lives at 40 hours per work due to hour lunch and the commutes and the time preparing for work. Then of course overtime. US labor laws should lower time at work. It is sad.
Where can you get yourself a shot but no bullet hit you on a stressful environment?...
It only happened if you get yourself "fired" on a work...🤓
This guy has just made my life... Not even my day or year.
God says to give praise in all times.
at work is fine but what is work is the question?
I can't think of any jokes or pun
Im surprised this wasnt cringeworthy
No entiendo Inglés :v
super dull crowd. cmon guys.
P
What a boring corporate guy, who never got much beyond the joke at work, that makes work, well almost likable work. We need stronger, better, more playful ideas that this.
I suck at humor when it comes to work. So I gave up.
Laugh
7:27 oh so that's why he is skinny
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