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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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A Cognitive Bias that Might Rule Your Life

By David Essman | Dec 7, 2018

A major focus for us in executing end-to-end culture design projects is studying how beliefs are formed and how they spread through populations, like your …

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Management by placebo

By David Essman | Dec 6, 2018

“Sham surgery”: believing you had surgery when in fact you did not is an incredible construct. It’s simply amazing that placebo surgeries work, as demonstrated …

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Genius Is Random

By David Essman | Dec 5, 2018

YES, follow your passion! Any scorn heaped on this simple directive is misleading and unfair. YOU have a passion. Invite it into every part of …

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Don’t Let The Past Get In The Way of The Future

By David Essman | Dec 4, 2018

When you study critical junctures in the market, it’s amazing how many market leaders fail to take advantage. We’ve heard this all before. Kodak didn’t …

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Do you have the freedom to speak up?

By David Essman | Dec 3, 2018

  “The worst bad habits are learned early on.” Reid Hoffman once said: that a company’s culture is forged in the first 150 employees. Which also …

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Look Up, life is happening and you’re missing it!

By David Essman | Nov 30, 2018

Hey, do you remember when our lives weren’t completely taken over by devices? Neither do I. Seriously. Which is why I think this story about Jack …