Naomi Joanne Bagdonas

Academic Degrees

• MBA, Stanford GSB, 2015
• BA, Economics & Psychology, Claremont McKenna College, 2009

Academic Appointments

• Lecturer, Stanford GSB, 2016-present

Professional Experience

• Experience Design and Facilitation, Leadership Center for Clients, Deloitte, 2015-present
• Business Designer, IDEO, 2014
• Client Experience Designer, Deloitte, 2011-2013
• Strategy and Operations Consultant, Deloitte Consulting, 2009-2013
• Investment Analyst, YSO Capital Management LLC, 2006

Teaching

Degree Courses

2017-18

MKTG 346: Humor: Serious Business

YOU, oh fearless leader of the future (and maybe present). Are very important. You will make critical and far-reaching economic, political, and social decisions in your quest beyond Stanford to change lives, change organizations, and change the...

MKTG 574: Rethinking Purpose

We assume happiness is stable, an endpoint to achieve our goal to chase. It''s not. Recent behavioral research suggests that the meaning of happiness changes every 5-10 years, raising the question: how might we build organizations and lives that...

2016-17

MKTG 346: Humor: Serious Business

As children, we all possessed an innate understanding of the power of laughter, and most believed ourselves to be not just skilled in the craft of comedy, but uproariously funny. As we grew up, however, and particularly as we entered the world of...

Insights by Stanford Business

written10 Most-Read Stories of 2017

December 4, 2017

Readers keyed into humor’s workplace value, the secret to improving communication skills, and advice from Sheryl Sandberg and Marc Andreessen.

writtenWhat Does the Word “Intelligence” Really Mean?

August 21, 2017

Stanford GSB professors suggest a reading list of articles and books related to the concept.

writtenHumor Is Serious Business

July 11, 2017

You are not as funny as you should be, and your company is suffering because of it.