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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creating trouble 2016

Create good trouble

By David Essman | Dec 26, 2018

It’s hard to believe there was a generation that was afraid of The Beatles. The fear of change is widespread. Change is trouble. The fear of …

people should get joy from their work

Joy Joy Joy

By David Essman | Dec 24, 2018

As the Holidays swing round again, the idea of “Joy to The World” is never far away. And joy is a powerful idea. For it means …

Happiness Is A Choice

You have absolutely no choice

By David Essman | Dec 21, 2018

Buddha once said that “Life is suffering”. He didn’t say that most of our suffering is self-inflicted. Or if he did, that part was mostly …

We don't hire we invest

Stop hiring and start investing

By David Essman | Dec 20, 2018

 “People are our most important asset”. We’ve all heard it before. The funny part of that idea is not that it’s true, but JUST. HOW. …

what leadership looks like

What Leadership Really Feels Like

By David Essman | Dec 19, 2018

Great leaders are skilled communicators, and by necessity, storytellers. This applies to leaders in business, religion, politics and especially non-profits. What is the point of …

Communication can always be better

A dead simple mental model for improving your comms

By David Essman | Dec 18, 2018

We all know that  communication can always be better. The question is how? For every Churchillian “We shall fight them on the beaches” speech or Apple “1984” …