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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in the end, everything is work ethic

It’s not what you do, it’s how you do it.

By David Essman | Apr 5, 2018

So you didn’t come from the right family or go to the right school or have the right friends or work for the right company …

Story and narrative

What’s your story?

By David Essman | Apr 4, 2018

Like the old saying goes, people don’t remember stats, they remember stories. Go to any cocktail party. The girl trying to impress the guy isn’t talking about …

One person can do so much

Is your creative thinking boosting your career?

By David Essman | Apr 3, 2018

Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland once made a great observation about the Eurotunnel, the 25+ mile underwater tunnel linking France and England. The joke was that, instead …

leadership is the art of creating greatness in other people

The Keepers Of The Old Guard

By David Essman | Apr 2, 2018

It’s quite easy, telling people what to do. What’s hard to do is all the complicated stuff. The grinding. The innovation work. Selling. Developing. Connecting …

Life is too short not to do something that matters.

Why People Are Unhappy

By David Essman | Mar 30, 2018

“What matters” is a strictly personal decision. Only you know. But, as we grow older, it becomes apparent that choices matter and not spending your time …

we are a community

Making your company formidable.

By David Essman | Mar 29, 2018

It’s an obvious enough idea: That a company is much more than a bunch of people making and selling products, that there’s a whole OCEAN …