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How changing roles affects the permission to be playful

I got promoted to manager and now my former coworkers do not laugh at my jokes the same way and I feel like I lost something important.

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What we've seen

The invisible rules about who is allowed to be funny and when reveal how power dynamics shape authentic expression.

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