Humor in the Workplace

Guest: Brad Bitterly, Doctoral Candidate, University of Pennsylvania In the TV show The Office, the manager, Michael Scott, was always telling wildly inappropriate or dumb jokes that nobody thought was funny. But he was convinced his sense of humor was a major reason he was such an effective and beloved boss. He was neither of those things, if you haven’t see the show. In preparing for this next conversation I couldn’t get Michael Scott out of my mind.