Matteo Andreone is an Italian researcher, teacher, author and playwright, founder of the Accademia Nazionale del Comico (National Comedy Academy). For over 20 years he has been among the leading theorists of humor applied to human resource training and development. As a member of the International Society for Humor Studies, he has given lectures, lessons and courses on the different applications of humorous intelligence at the universities of Hong Kong, Boston, Krakow, Lugano, Oakland, Montreal, Austin, Zurich and Wellington.