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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Create new worlds

Congratulations Elon Musk!

By David Essman | Feb 7, 2018

  There wasn’t a dry eye in the crowd watching the SpaceX launch yesterday. A testament to human potential. So we couldn’t help but think about “Create …

pick the right thing to do

The one way to achieve your dreams

By David Essman | Feb 6, 2018

Winning isn’t being better than everyone else in the room. Winning is improving on your last personal best. Every top athlete knows, it’s more effective …

Guard your energy

Be who you were born to be

By David Essman | Feb 5, 2018

Napoleon said it best: “I can always recapture lost territory. A single second of time, never.” The first thing I noticed when I started hanging out …

Innovation is communication

The future of business is here

By David Essman | Feb 2, 2018

As we all know, the future of business lies in innovation. And innovation, for the most part, is a collaborative process. And collaboration requires good …

The extra mile is paved with empathy

The Extra Mile

By David Essman | Feb 1, 2018

The thing about being empathetic is that it’s not all smiles. In real life, true empathy drills down into unhappiness. You don’t just feel when …

create conversation

Listening – even when what’s being said is hard to hear

By David Essman | Jan 31, 2018

Products actually create two conversations. One is internal, at your company. The other is external, among your customers. The easiest way to create the kind …