"If they're not laughing, you are already losing."

I know it up close.

When the world feels uncertain, most workplaces default to performance and acting like they “have it together.”

Pretending.

We kind of forgot how to be human.

performance 'theater' is quietly killing creativity, trust, and honest leadership.

In this episode, Kathy Klotz-Guest—former Silicon Valley leader, longtime comedian, and founder of Keeping It Human®—explores why laughter and play aren’t perks or distractions; they're neurological signals that make better leadership, innovation, and decision-making possible.

Drawing on decades of building teams, leading products, and working comedy stages, Kathy unpacks what fear does to teams, why burned-out brains can’t innovate, and how humor helps people reframe failure, speak up, and stay human when things get hard.
It’s about creating cultures where people can drop the performance, tell the truth, and do braver, better work together.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why fear makes teams smaller—and how laughter helps reverse it

• How humor reframes failure so teams can learn instead of shut down (and a real example you can use!)

• What leaders can do to calm nervous systems without pretending everything’s fine

  
  

  Staying human is the real work!

Want more? Visit keepingithuman.com

We're back! Happy New Year.

This season we're exploring seriously funny cultures - because when cultures laugh more, show up more, embrace imperfections, people show up bolder.

Humor and levity are not just icing; they're the whole cake! It changes the DNA of how we operate.

So what if we dealt with the hecklers, the rigidity, the performance theater where talk all day because it's easier, safer and less scary than stepping up and ACTING bold - saying the thing, building the idea, making the decision.

Join us friends for a whole new at how humor and improv are transformational for culture - not just comms! Braver rooms make people bolder.

We laugh more, embrace imperfections, own mistakes, grow, reframe failure. Sounds awesome, yes? Let's do it!

Join me this season! Laugh more, limit less, lead better.

Kathy

keepingithuman.com

In this kickoff to the 3rd season of the podcast, I chat about what it means to be a Seriously Funny, how it is strategic and the cake - not just the frosting! - and why it matters for your company's (and peoples') adaptability, resilience and innovation.