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.

 

We hope you'll join our community!

If you would prefer to receive only one email per month please subscribe to our Monthly Digest using the form below.

Read our latest posts below:

The Power of Starting Small

By Cierra Martin | Mar 21, 2024

Over on Instagram, fellow culture nerd, Nick Smoot, made an interesting comment about organizational culture. “Recently, I listened to a @nytimes podcast about companies forcing …

Do you have an incentives problem?

By Cierra Martin | Mar 19, 2024

If, like Boeing, you’ve had a recent series of PR disasters due to internal oversights, what do you do? You decide to tweak your incentives …

Are You Fishing from an Aquarium

By Cierra Martin | Mar 17, 2024

The Artist goes fishing in the ocean. AI goes fishing in the aquarium. This is basically the problem people seem to be having with AI …

A Gruesome Paradox

By Cierra Martin | Mar 14, 2024

One of the most famous paintings in The Louvre (besides the Mona Lisa) is the physically massive masterpiece from 1819, “The Raft Of The Medusa,” by …

Failure is Like Success

By Cierra Martin | Mar 11, 2024

In a recent Daily Stoic podcast, Ryan Holiday briefly refers to an old, well-known Stoic concept, “The Cup Is Already Broken.” The idea being, instead of …

Celebrating Carol Kaye

By Cierra Martin | Mar 8, 2024

Here’s a bit of trivia: Who is the most recorded band of all time? You’d probably guess someone like the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. …