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:

The problem with having to make art

Choose the path of most resistance.

By David Essman | Oct 23, 2018

The main problem with getting successful doing something meaningful is, it’s a helluva lot of work. It means giving 110%, day in day out, long …

is it monday yet?

Aren’t Mondays the best?!

By David Essman | Oct 22, 2018

‘The Mondays’ are a cultural phenomenon. It’s something we’re expected to deal with and to commiserate with and to dread. But what about when you …

Freedom requires staying outside

Here’s To The Crazy Ones

By David Essman | Oct 19, 2018

There’s a certain type of person who never puts a foot wrong, who’s always at the right parties, who never makes a mistake, goes to …

My days were drenched in literature and music

How to hit reset on your life

By David Essman | Oct 18, 2018

  I was doing everything right. I was reading all the right business books, followed all the right names on Twitter, name-dropped all the right …

It's not what they buy it's what they feel

Food for Thought?

By David Essman | Oct 16, 2018

As young adults discover more exotic varieties out there, consumption of American cheese slices are down. WAY down. And why should anyone be surprised? It’s completely …

in spite of a.i. the human condition remained

How to hire the right people

By David Essman | Oct 15, 2018

A fascinating article in the Washington Post: “Why robots aren’t likely to make hiring calls anytime soon”. Algorithms are supposed to do away with human hiring biases. …