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:

I think I preferred when I was young and stupid

The Key To Success: be one step ahead of the game

By David Essman | Feb 1, 2019

A friend of mine, call him Frank, was having drinks with his friends. His friends remarked on why Frank’s writing career was way ahead of …

Collaborate with the best

How smart collaborations can lead to massive success

By David Essman | Jan 31, 2019

One thing you’ll notice, when you read old interviews of Led Zeppelin (one of the greatest rock bands of the last fifty years): You’ll hear …

have you hugged your priorities today?

How a daily huddle can keep your business aligned and on track

By David Essman | Jan 30, 2019

  Intermountain Healthcare uses the rather simple ritual of the morning huddle to pretty much run its entire operation of thousands of people across 23 hospitals. Here at …

The one thing to do when things aren’t working

By David Essman | Jan 29, 2019

  In start-up parlance, to “pivot” means to change the main direction of the company in a very short period of time. “We are no …

when you love your work the rest is easy

The best way to get famous

By David Essman | Jan 28, 2019

Although there are a ton of ways to measure success and/or happiness (and all of them are imperfect), there is one thing I have noticed …

So much pressure so much pressure

Be good at two things

By David Essman | Jan 25, 2019

Our Twitter buddy, Rory Sutherland, the rockstar ad man from Ogilvy has what I think is very sound advice for young people: “Be good at two …