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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agony of change

Make An Impossible Dream, A Future Reality

By David Essman | Feb 15, 2018

Some people wake us up. They bring us a new idea or a new way to do things. They challenge us to think differently, they …

we create love

Create Love Or Die

By David Essman | Feb 14, 2018

Why am I here? Why do I show up every morning? Sure, we all need to make a living. But compared to our caveman ancestors, …

failure just means not yet

What Failure Really Means

By David Essman | Feb 13, 2018

  “I didn’t fail, I just did 10,000 experiments” – Thomas Edison Edison’s line is just him taking the scientist’s mindset to business. Which, of …

Don't be 2018

Start By Having Smarter Conversations

By David Essman | Feb 12, 2018

  This image was originally commissioned by Len Schlessinger when he was President of Babson College. Prior to that, he was Co-Chairman and COO of The Limited. Len …

If you can't describe what you are doing as a process

Why Engagement Surveys Don’t Do What They Promise

By David Essman | Feb 9, 2018

  The consulting and HR world is obsessed with assessments. But let’s think about this whole assessments frenzy. Assessments imply that having employee data will help us …

Your body is a temple

Mindset is a way of living

By David Essman | Feb 8, 2018

“My body is a temple” sounds like something the hippie-vegetarian-yoga crowd imported from the East. Actually, the phrase originates from the New Testament, Corinthians 6:19. We all …