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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gratitude is the first sign of mattering

Count Your Blessings

By David Essman | Jul 27, 2018

When Granny told you to “count your blessings”, she wasn’t just sharing a nice folksy way to virtue signal, she was teaching you an essential survival …

My phone ate my life

Your secret fear

By David Essman | Jul 26, 2018

We all have a secret fear: That we will one day reach a day of reckoning, when we realize that instead of writing that novel …

Living requires forgiveness

The art of forgiveness

By David Essman | Jul 25, 2018

David Ogilvy once said that in order to have business partners, one must learn how to forgive. Why? Because business partners are human, and humans …

In my mind I build Cathedrals

A dialogue with the ultimate truth

By David Essman | Jul 24, 2018

If you have ever spent any time in Europe, eventually you end up checking out the cathedrals. These amazing buildings, built on faith. And this …

never underestimate the alluring power of safety

We can’t all be Elon Musk…and that’s ok.

By David Essman | Jul 19, 2018

Let’s say you read a really inspiring book about a really inspiring business leader. The usual Steve Jobs/Elon Musk/Warren Buffet kinda guy. And his story …

6 habits of empathetic people

How To Be An Empathetic Leader

By David Essman | Jul 18, 2018

The six habits of empathetic people. All in a single image. The question is, why does it matter? Especially, why does it matter in business? Well, …