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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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Eventually there was nothing to do but be relentless

Have you had your Shawshank moment yet?

By David Essman | May 31, 2018

Everybody loves the movie, The Shawshank Redemption. The protagonist, Andy Dufresne, played by Tim Robbins, has a problem. A BIG problem. He’s an innocent man who’s …

Entrepreneurship insanity

Experiencing self-doubt?

By David Essman | May 30, 2018

You know what the best thing about being an entrepreneur is? That you never have to experience self-doubt, the way people with normal day jobs …

word of mouth is our marketing

Word of Mouth

By David Essman | May 29, 2018

  Bill Bernbach famously said, “the best advertising is word-of-mouth”, and this was from the best advertising creative guru in the country at the time. Word-of-mouth …

empowered or dying

A different kind of empowerment

By David Essman | May 25, 2018

  Empowerment is one of those many flavored words. You can put an identity in front of the word and it can take on rich nuance …

Shared sense of purpose

A shared sense of purpose

By David Essman | May 24, 2018

When you look back on the business you’ve created, what will be the thing you’ll be proudest of? It won’t be the money. After a certain …

Just what the world needs another hyper-connected rabbit hole

Does tech liberate or enslave us?

By David Essman | May 23, 2018

Like everybody else ‘round here, you probably spend far too much time in front of a screen. At first, it freed us. Then later, it …