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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I did nothing and it's your fault

It’s all about You

By David Essman | May 1, 2018

This is illustration is about a reality that’s far too common in far too many companies. It’s “lack of ownership”. Nobody is every blamed, but …

Business is the ultimate art form

Do you have the creative gene?

By David Essman | Apr 30, 2018

“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art” –  Andy Warhol famously said.“Making money is art and working is art and good business …

Doing what you love is the new wealth

Love is the new metric

By David Essman | Apr 27, 2018

Something changed. It used to be, money was the only metric you needed to pay attention to. If you made ‘x thousand’, you were happy. If …

Entrepreneurship because somebody has to save the world

Who is going to save the world?

By David Essman | Apr 26, 2018

“Entrepreneurship is not a religion. It’s far more important than that.” Why are entrepreneurs the way they are? Because they have no choice. Entrepreneurship is …

weaponize optimism

Happiness is a competitive advantage

By David Essman | Apr 25, 2018

The great book “The Happiness Advantage”, by Sean Achor basically states that success follows happiness, not the other way around. His TED talk is certainly worth watching. That’s counterintuitive, …

The only way to win is to learn faster

The art of iteration

By David Essman | Apr 24, 2018

One of the best business books of the last decade is Eric Ries’ “The Lean Startup”. A great guy, we had dinner with him at SXSW …