Humour is an important and strategic tool in project management!  People need to be able to relate and laugh at themselves.

Level the playing field - feel like we are all on the same team and use anything we can to help get through tough times - find a way to smile and move forward.

A humour example.....

Could it be that Justin Bieber is reading the PMBOK and studying the profession of project management ??

Bieber's song "What Do You Mean" is politely asking a stakeholder that seems to change their mind frequently, possibly regarding changes to scope, schedule, budget, quality or a decision.....  we never do find out.  But we can easily relate how people often try to move forward in a project without firm clarity or prioritization and at times try to avoid hard decisions (which cause many secondary/tertiary risks and negative impacts to the project).

Check out his lyrics below, could be useful in your next meeting to help manage expecations, lol

What Do You Mean:
What do you mean?
When you nod your head yes, But you wanna say no
What do you mean?
When you don’t want me to move, But you tell me to go
What do you mean?
What do you mean?
Said we’re running out of time
What do you mean?
What do you mean?
Better make up your mind
What do you mean?
You’re so indecisive of what I’m saying, Trying to catch the beat, make up your heart, Don't know if you're happy, or complaining, Don’t want for us to end where do I start
First you wanna go to the left and you want to turn right...... etc.

A link to his 1st PM song is below (play it at your next PM meeting and if you can relate, then remember you are not alone  :)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gZ8tgj23kk


NOTE:  
After he released this song, I think he wanted to provide another one for PMs that bring news to project teams that is not well received (e.g. over budget, over time, etc).  

Lyrics to his 2nd PM song (Sorry) are below....

You gotta go and get angry at all of my honesty
You know I try but I don't do too well with apologies
I hope I don't run out of time. Could someone call a referee
Cause I just need one more shot at forgiveness
I know you know that I made those mistakes maybe once or twice
And by once or twice I mean maybe a couple of hundred times
So let me, let me redeem, redeem, myself
Cause I just need one more shot, second chances
Is it too late now to say sorry
Cause I'm missing more than just your Scope Statement
Is it too late now to say sorry
Yeah, I know that I let you down
Is it too late to say I'm sorry now
I'm sorry, sorry , sorry
Yeah, I know that I let you down
Is it too late to say I'm sorry now
I'll take every single piece of the blame if you want me to
But you know that there is no innocent one in this game for all of us
I'll go, I'll go and then you go, you go out and spill the truth
Can we both say the words and forget this

A Link to his 2nd PM Song is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqh0mWKP8Dk