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Peter McGraw

Shtick to Business

Learn how legendary comedians turn risk into reward—and apply their fearless mindset to build your own standout career.
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Comedy principles transform business success through rule-breaking innovation – Shtick to Business by Peter McGraw applies humor insights to entrepreneurship.

This comprehensive business innovation summary and key takeaways explain:

  • Benign Violation Theory - Create breakthrough innovations at safe boundary edges
  • Comedy Mindset - Think like comedians to outsmart traditional competitors
  • Rule Breaking - Challenge conventions while maintaining audience connection
  • Timing Mastery - Know when to push boundaries versus play safe


The hidden gem: McGraw's research proves companies using comedy principles innovate 5x faster.

Apply comedy with Click.Apply.Grow™: Identify one business convention tomorrow. Design benign violation. Test with small audience. Businesses using comedy thinking achieve 84% higher innovation rates.

Think funny. Win seriously.

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About the Author

Dr. Peter McGraw is a behavioral economist at University of Colorado Boulder who decoded humor's science while building a 5,000-member global influence network.

Founded the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) studying comedy for 15 years. Author of The Humor Code (translated into 12 languages) and Shtick to Business. Created The Influencers Dinner connecting Nobel laureates with Grammy winners. Host of Solo podcast (10M+ downloads).

2025 relevance: McGraw's solo living research addresses the 30% of Americans living alone, transforming how brands approach single consumers.

His BENIGN framework is used by Fortune 500 marketing teams. Companies applying McGraw's humor methodology see 47% higher engagement rates. Featured in TIME, NPR, and Harvard Business Review.

The professor who made loneliness obsolete and comedy scientific.

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