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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Love the adventure

It’s all about the adventure, baby.

By David Essman | Apr 13, 2018

The oldest story in the Western Canon is an adventure (The Iliad). The most successful movie franchise is history is an adventure (Star Wars). We …

When I grow up I want to be awake

What do you want to be when you grow up?

By David Essman | Apr 12, 2018

People spend far too much time worrying about the physicality of their jobs. What kind of money they’d like to make, what kind of office …

Most creativity is much more about doing the actual work

How to scale your genius

By David Essman | Apr 11, 2018

So you’ve decided to be a creative genius. Good for you. A world of opportunity awaits. Not to mention money, groupies and plaudits. Just remember …

Let’s Get Equal

By David Essman | Apr 10, 2018

Happy Equal Pay Day! It’s 2018, let’s get equal. Right now, a woman is being interrupted, called difficult, receiving a poorer performance review, being passed over …

If you want a successful culture

Thinking about reverse engineering culture?

By David Essman | Apr 9, 2018

The famous opening lines in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina: “All happy families are the same. All unhappy families are different in their own way.” A lot …

With self-determination anything is possible

Do you have the stamina?

By David Essman | Apr 8, 2018

What is self-determination? Basically, it means that it’s better to paddles one’s own canoe, than to wait around to be invited onto somebody else’s yacht. …