John P. Smith Jr. has spent most of his life trying to get adults
to follow instructions. First in the Marine Corps. Then in corporate
classrooms. Now he wants them to laugh as he speaks and performs
comedy about the instructions that didn't work, the people who
skipped them, and the ones who confidently did it wrong anyway.
After 30 years of training more than 100,000 employees, John learned
that most problems are not complicated. The instructions were fine.
The people were the problem.
His comedy comes from real life: work, marriage, family, aging,
technology, health, and the everyday nonsense people act like they
do not notice. John does not just complain about what went wrong.
He points out the problem, names who probably caused it, and comes
up with a fix nobody expected. His comedy works for comedy clubs,
corporate events, private events, veteran groups, training events,
and audiences who like smart, relatable comedy about real life.
John's comedy is about you if you've ever...
Done everything right and still had to explain yourself.
Read the instructions and realized the instructions needed training.
Been told to calm down by the person who caused the emergency.
Tried to fix the problem and got treated like the problem.
John performs stand up comedy, speaks at events, and trains teams.
The room changes. The mission stays the same: make people listen,
learn, and laugh.
