Naomi Bagdonas empowers leaders to build more innovative, collaborative and joyful work cultures (and lives).
Why you should listen
Naomi Bagdonas is a lecturer at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, an executive coach for CXOs, politicians and celebrity clients and their leadership teams, and a bestselling author. In her executive advisory work, she facilitates interactive sessions for the boards and leadership teams of Fortune 100 companies and nonprofits. Versed in behavioral science, human perceptions and comedy, she coaches her clients for events ranging from appearances on Saturday Night Live to company All Hands meetings and political campaign speeches.
A leading expert in the intersection of humor and business, Bagdonas is the coauthor of the national bestseller Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business (and Life). Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, Financial Times and on her mother's fridge.
In her spare time, Bagdonas runs a program teaching improv comedy in San Francisco County Jail, backpacks in the Sierras and fosters a revolving door of rescue dogs whom she adores and who systematically destroy everything she owns.
Naomi Bagdonas’ TED Talk
Jennifer Aaker, Naomi Bagdonas
Why great leaders take humor seriously
9 minutes 9 secondsThere's a mistaken belief in today's working world that leaders need to be serious all the time to be taken seriously. The research tells a different story. Based on the course they teach at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, behavioral scientist Jennifer Aaker and corporate strategist Naomi Bagdonas delve into the surprising power of humor: why it's a secret weapon to build bonds, power, creativity and resilience -- and how we can all have more of it.Posted Jan 2022
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3 ways to fold humor and humanity into your work emails
August 24, 2022
You can surprise and delight your work colleagues with your emails -- and that's no joke. Behavioral scientist Jennifer Aaker PhD and corporate strategist Naomi Bagdonas, two experts at bringing humor to the business world, tell you how.
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August 2, 2021
Session 2 kicked off the first full day of TEDMonterey with six speakers and one performance ready with an invitation for you to think differently, wonder ceaselessly and transform the ways you interact with the world — big and small. The event: TEDMonterey: Session 2, hosted by TED’s Helen Walters on Monday, August 2, 2021 […]
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