HumorX: Priming Your Remote Team for Humor

Course Description

"Remotely Humorous: Building Joyful and Resilient Virtual Teams with Humor" is an innovative and engaging course designed to help you cultivate a positive, productive, and fun environment within your remote team. This course, the second in a three-part series, focuses on the five key enablers of humor in virtual teams: safety, connectedness, agency, growth, and purpose. Led by renowned experts Naomi Bagdonas and Connor Diemand-Yauman from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, along with comedy professionals from The Onion and Funny Or Die, this course offers a unique blend of business acumen and comedic expertise to transform your virtual team dynamics.

What students will learn from the course:

The five enablers of humor in remote teams and their significance
How to create conditions for joy to flourish in a virtual work environment
Techniques to amplify each enabler within your team
Self-assessment and team diagnostic tools to identify strengths and areas for improvement
Practical team-building activities to strengthen humor enablers
Strategies for showing up more authentically, effectively, and joyfully at work

Pre-requisites or skills necessary to complete the course:

There are no specific prerequisites for this course. It is designed as an introductory-level course, making it accessible to anyone interested in improving their virtual team dynamics through humor and levity.

Course Content:

In-depth exploration of the five humor enablers: safety, connectedness, agency, growth, and purpose
Diagnostic tools to assess individual and team humor styles
Techniques for creating psychological safety in virtual teams
Strategies for fostering connectedness in remote work environments
Methods to enhance agency and empowerment among team members
Approaches to promote growth and learning within the team
Ways to instill a sense of purpose and meaning in virtual work
Practical team-building activities and exercises
Real-world examples and case studies from successful remote teams

Who this course is for:

This course is ideal for:

Team leaders and managers overseeing remote or hybrid teams
HR professionals looking to improve virtual team dynamics
Employees working in remote or distributed teams
Entrepreneurs building remote businesses
Anyone interested in fostering a more positive and enjoyable work environment

How learners can use these skills in the real world:

The skills learned in this course can be immediately applied to improve virtual team dynamics, boost morale, and increase productivity. Learners will be able to: