A recent Microsoft Workplace Trends Report found that people who have closer workplace interactions report higher productivity, better wellbeing and stronger work relationships. Additionally, a Hewitt & Associates study found that organizations where humor is part of the culture showed increased shareholder returns of 19%.

Last week our very own Steve Cody sat down with Alison Weissbrot, editor of Campaign US, to discuss the power of humor in business, and how the tenets of humor can change perspectives on leadership styles and open participants’ minds to creative ways of thinking and engaging.