Canadian Hall of Fame speaker and author Michael Kerr is known as one of North America's leading authorities on how to create a more inspiring workplace. His programs and are known for their combination of safe, hilarious humor and practical, relevant content. He is the author of six books including "Putting Humor to Work," "Inspiring Workplaces - Creating the Kind of Workplace Where Everyone Wants to Work," and "340 Ways to Put Humor to Work."  Michael's programs are frequently rated as having the highest impact of any program presented at a conference. Inspiring, hilarious and relevant content are phrases repeatedly used by his clients to describe his programs.

Michael's keynote and workshop messages focus on creating what Michael calls "inspiring workplaces" and touches on the following issues: valuing workplace values, managing workplace stress through humor, inspiring leadership (especially as it pertains to humor), using humor safely in a workplace environment, inspiring positive workplace communication, fostering creativity in teams, creating more inspiring meetings, using humor to offer more memorable and unique customer service, and basic principles of workplace motivation.

 As a recovering government manager, Michael takes a practical, yet very fun approach to what organizations must do to create a "want to" kind of work environment instead of a "have to" kind of workplace. His goal is to deliver relevant ideas, timely content and practical solutions in a memorable, engaging and totally unique way so that the messages stick.