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Have a laugh – it'll lighten your load Having fun on the job can relieve stress, create bonds among co-workers and help companies get through genuine crises. By MATT WICKENHEISER, April 1, 2008 STAFF ILLUSTRATION I MICHAEL FISHER Listen to a few jokes from experts on humor in the workplace. (MP3) ON KEEPING IT LIGHT FOR BOTH MANAGERS and worker bees, there are guidelines to consider to keep the business environment light, but not lethal. Here are a few suggestions on humor from several workplace authors and consultants: FROM JAKE GREEN, author of "Whoa, My Boss Is Naked! A Career Book For People Who Would Never Be Caught Dead Reading a Career Book": Inc. and author of "All the Moving Parts: Organizational Change Management." Blair said she wasn't downplaying the seriousness of some business crises. But a company that reacts to crisis by agonizing and tearing people apart is wasting time, she said.