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Peter Mcgraw

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Don’t try to be funny at work unless you want to risk your job and any chance of ever getting promoted, management professors say

Funny ideas can be good. Nebraska’s tourism board won with “Honestly, it’s not for everyone," and Patagonia boosted sales with “Don’t Buy...

25.09.2025 2

Fortune

Peter Mcgraw

Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work

Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work

Cracking jokes at the office is more likely to backfire than boost your career.

25.09.2025 2

The Conversation

Peter Mcgraw

Tax Day highlights the costs of single living – but demographics are forcing financial change

Singles often pay more than their coupled counterparts, and not just on taxes. As solo living rises, so does pressure on the rest of the world to...

10.04.2025 10

The Conversation

Peter Mcgraw