Faculty Voices: Jennifer Aaker
"To be able to take my research and my connections to help save lives — that was extremely gratifying."
Featured Story
- 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
Faculty Voices: Jennifer Aaker
"To be able to take my research and my connections to help save lives — that was extremely gratifying."
Featured Story
- ‘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