At some point, work became the antithesis of fun. Along with it, humor and laughter with wasting time or being frivolous and unprofessional.







This podcast clocks in at around 38 minutes. You can also listen to it on iTunes, stream on Google Podcasts or Spotify or grab the RSS feed in your player of choice. So head out for a walk, or sit in the sun if you stay at home, and let Willy and I keep you company.







Loneliness, isolation, disengagement, indifference. These are a reality for many people in the corporate world. Wouldn't it be great if there was one solution to all of them? According to Willy Kosovich, there is.



The solution is comedy.



Comedy is all about social relationships.



Willy is a Kiwi comedian based in Berlin. After years of watching other people, he took the plunge and started doing stand-up in Germany. Why in Germany? "If you can make a German laugh, you must be doing something right, right?" he says.



Willy (right) and his business partner Jim (left)



Since getting on stage, he has learned a lot about himself through comedy. Now, together with his business partner Jim, he runs a company called Com4Com, where he teaches people how to write and perform jokes. 



He has gathered much wisdom from working his way up the comedy ranks and from genuine experiences inside companies from all over Europe where people laughed, cried, yelled in anger, and reacted to a variety of acceptable and unacceptable humor.



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Willy says that there are many benefits to laughing and making jokes.



It all goes down to fostering human connection. Isn't that great to know? 



According to Cigna's 2020 Loneliness Index, the number of US citizens experiencing feelings of loneliness is on the rise. According to a multi-year EU research project, around 30 million European adults (7%) frequently feel lonely. Lonely people are often stigmatized. They are more likely to have poor health and reduced cognitive performance, mental issues, and pessimistic views.



Willy has discovered that laughter is the best medicine––and pretty inexpensive, too––even to address such a sensitive topic like mental health. Together with London-based startup Sanctus, Willy's company has created That's Mental: A Mental Night of Comedy, a level, open platform to have conversations about mental well-being in a new way.



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