The Gapingvoid Email

Three times a week, we'll send you a thought-provoking illustration about the world of work along with a short snippet of insight. Our emails cover topics like company culture, design thinking, leadership strategies, creating better-functioning teams, navigating the hybrid work environment, and more. They are designed as quick reads to give you insight into working smarter and being more connected to why you do what you do. We also feature guest posts from thought leaders around the world and answer culture questions sent in by our readers. People who enjoy the daily email most are often senior leaders in business, healthcare execs, entrepreneurs, and academics.

 

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Read our latest posts below:

Wanna Be A Billionaire?

By David Essman | Jul 22, 2019

There are bosses, and then there are superbosses. What is a superboss? It’s not that they are giants themselves (which they are), but that they hire …

Isn’t it amazing that what was true for the Romans is still true today?

By David Essman | Jul 19, 2019

The Roman army had three layers: the legionnaires (the rank and file), the centurions (junior officers), and the generals (senior officers). And of these three, …

The Noble Truth You Must Live

By David Essman | Jul 18, 2019

In Viking times, when young men reached that awkward stage (too old to be a kid, but still too weak to fulfill the duties of …

Business Norms are Cultural Norms

By David Essman | Jul 17, 2019

It’s always interesting to see how norms change, and how behavior, at scale shifts over time. Here is a story about the ad industry that …

Where is our humanity?

By David Essman | Jul 16, 2019

Just because folk like us are using say, Amazon more often, doesn’t mean our need for human contact has lessened. To quote Deb Schultz, “Technology changes, …

The Simplest Key To Success

By David Essman | Jul 15, 2019

It’s a funny thing about disruptive technology. Sometimes the tech isn’t actually that disruptive. Take Airbnb, it’s totally disrupting the hotel business. But if you look at …