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Human First: Designing Artificial Intelligence that Elevates Us Insights by Stanford Business | April 2025

Stanford Experts Reveal a Secret Ingredient for Effective Leadership That Can Boost Workplace Productivity and Slash Stress Economic Times | August 2025

No Time For Friends? Try the ‘Friendship Snack’ The Wall Street Journal |  April 2024

Easy exercises from Stanford’s humor course can immediately level-up your leadership Fast Company | February 2024

‘Dilbert’ Is Canceled but Cubicle Comedians Thrive, on TikTok The New York Times | March 2023

Lessons on humor from AI, Sally Ride and more NPR | March 2023

Time Is Zooming By. Four Ways You Can Slow It Down Wall Street Journal | February 2023

When Everything Is Heavy, a Touch of Humor Can Help New York Times | November 2022

Why good humor makes for good business NPR | June 2022 

Somebody Tell a Joke McKinsey | May 2021

Humor Us Hidden Brain | April 2021

We Start Losing Our Sense of Humor at 23 – And It Could Wreck Your Career New York Post | March 2021

How to Laugh at Work The New York Times | March 2021

The Power of Humor NPR’s Planet Money | February 2021

Two Middle Managers Walk Into A Bar… Forbes | February 2021

The New Management Superpower is Humor. Seriously? Forbes | February 2021

How to Be a Better Boss According to a Pair of Stanford Biz School Professors Inc | February 2021

How to Be Funny at Work Harvard Business Review | February 2021

How to Be Humorous—Not Offensive—at Work The Wall Street Journal | February 2021

Laughing, Like Exercising, Meditating & Having Sex … at the Same Time Good Morning America | January 2021

Humor Is Such an Important Leadership Trait We Teach It at Stanford Business School Fast Company | January 2021

This Is Not a Joke: The Cost of Being Humorless Stanford GSB Insight | January 2021

You’ve Got to Laugh: Why a Sense of Humor Helps in Dark Times The Guardian | October 2020

How to Avoid Losing Your Sense of Humor in the Workplace The Telegraph | October 2020

5 Science-Backed Ways to Find Happiness Right Now Fast Company | October 2020

Work Triggers Our Sense of Humor Failure The Times | October 2020

Can Anyone Learn to Use Humor? The Times | September 2020

Redefining Success: Adopt the Journey Mindset to Move Forward Stanford GSB Insight | August 2019

MBA Professor of the Year Poets & Quants | January 2019

Why Funny Leaders Are Better Leaders According to 2 Stanford Professors Inc. | February 2018

Humor in the Workplace Gentry | September 2017

People Fall off a ‘Humor Cliff’ When They Start Working — and It Impacts Your Career More Than You’d Think Business Insider | July 2017

Science Has Found a Trick to Get the Most out of Positive Thinking Business Insider | July 2017

Humor is Serious Business GSB Insights | July 2017

In 2017, Pursue Meaning Instead of Happiness New York Magazine | December 2016

How to Find More Time New York Times | March 2015

Time is Money – When Goals Conflict RSM Discovery | February 2015

Two Easy Ways to Feel Like You Have More Time New York Magazine | February 2015

Why Time Sometimes Seems To Stand Still, And Why It’s So Good For Us The Huffington Post | February 2015

Why We Pay to Save Time GSB Insights | December 2014

The Psychological Comfort of Storytelling The Atlantic | November 2014

Not Everyone Wants to Be Happy Scientific American | October 2014

Stanford Psychologist Explores How Meaningfulness Cultivates Well-being Over Time Stanford Report | October 2014

Science of Storytelling: Why and How to Use It in Your Marketing The Guardian | August 2014

Concrete Acts of Kindness Boost Happiness Business Wire | July 2014

How to be Happy by Giving to Others Scientific American | July 2014

‘Powerful’ People More Likely to Save Money Scienceworld Report | June 2014

The Meaning of Happiness Changes Over Your Lifetime The Huffington Post | June 2014

This Is the Feeling that Makes Saving Money Easier Business Insider | June 2014

Cultivating Happiness Often Misunderstood, Says Stanford Researcher Stanford Report | April 2014

Why Chasing Happiness May Leave you Feeling Unhappier Than Ever Forbes | April 2014

The Secret to a Successful Interview: Great Storytelling USNews | April 2014

Cultivating Happiness Often Misunderstood ScienceDaily | April 2014

Why Storytelling is Charity’s Best Weapon for Good Desert News | March 2014

A Happy Life May Not Be a Meaningful Life Scientific American | February 2014

Stanford Research: The Meaningful Life Is a Road Worth Traveling Stanford Report | January 2014

Make Time for Awe The Atlantic | December 2013

Millennial Searchers The New York Times | November 2013

Secrets of Happiness The Huffington Post | October 2013

Seven Deadly Sins: Why Do Company Stories Come Across as Dry and Flat? Economic Times | October 2013

A Save-the-World Field Trip for Millionaire Tech Moguls The New York Times | August 2013

How Happiness Changes With Age The Atlantic | May 2013

Experiencing Awe Can Improve Your Life Satisfaction Lifehacker | February 2013

Secrets of America’s Happiest Companies Fast Company | January 2013

There Is More To Life Than Being Happy The Atlantic | January 2013

How To Spend Time In Ways That Make You Happy Business Insider | November 2012

You May Have To Choose Between A Happy Life And A Meaningful Life Business Insider | November 2012

The Experience of Awe Can Slow Down Perceived Time in People’s Lives The Washington Times | October 2012

How to Make Time Expand Boston Globe | September 2012

Not All Happiness Is the Same The Huffington Post | July 2012

Being in Awe Can Expand Time and Enhance Well-being ScienceDaily | July 2012

Moments of Awe Affect Our Perception of Time BusinessWire | July 2012

Making Time Stand Still. Awesome. The Huffington Post | January 2012

The Dragonfly Effect Stanford Social Innovation Review | Winter 2011

Harnessing Social Media to Make a Difference Forbes India | July 2011

If Money Doesn’t Make You Happy, Consider Time Forbes India | June 2011

What It Means To Be Happy Changes As Employees Age Fast Company | April 2011

7 Deadly Sins of Business Storytelling OPEN Forum | February 2011

The Corporate Pursuit of Happiness Fast Company | February 2011

The Power of Storytelling: What Nonprofits Can Teach the Private Sector About Social Media McKinsey Quarterly | Feb 2011

Why The Revolution Has Been Tweeted: The Dragonfly Effect Forbes | February 2011

Social Media for Social Change: Stanford Professor Uses Facebook, Twitter and Personal Stories to Promote Bone Marrow Donations Stanford Report | December 2010

Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted The New Yorker | October 2010

Malcolm Gladwell: Twitter, Facebook, and Social Activism The New Yorker | October 2010

Do Stereotypes Drive Consumer Purchases from for-Profit or Nonprofit Organizations? ScienceDaily | February 2010

20 Inspiring Women To Follow On Twitter Forbes | February 2010

Something for the Weekend Financial Times | February 2010

An Almanac of Internet Emotion Scientific American | January 2010

Time Vs. Money Which Rules Buying Decisions? Forbes | September 2009

Marketing Lessons from the Lemonade Stand Inc. | April 2009

Why to Tie Marketing to Time, Not Money Wall Street Journal | March 2009

Care to Know the Motivation Behind That Gift, Love? The Washington Post | February 2008

When We Cook Up a Memory, Experience Is Just One Ingredient The Washington Post | May 2008