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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no one climbs a mountain to get to the middle

Get Gritty

By David Essman | Nov 8, 2017

  Failure isn’t a permanent condition. This is one of the tenets of Dr. Carol Dweck’s growth mindset philosophy, and the basis of Angela Lee Duckworth’s studies …

Curiosity is our candle

Who cares if the lightbulb burns out?

By David Essman | Nov 7, 2017

Freedom of time, freedom of money, freedom of relationship, freedom of purpose. Dan Sullivan, the founder of Strategic Coach, gives a talk called 10X is Easier Than …

do not confuse talent with success

Talent is a gift

By David Essman | Nov 3, 2017

Think about the star of your high school musical. Or the football team. Or whatever made you and your classmates jealous. You probably remember their …

Nothing happens until somebody expects something

No one reads our minds

By David Essman | Nov 2, 2017

Who’s to blame when an employee fails? Well, seems like it should be the employee. They didn’t work hard enough; they didn’t listen. But maybe …

connect listen respect enable

The compass of leadership

By David Essman | Nov 1, 2017

Melbourne was having a problem. Shop owners were complaining that the homeless were ruining their business. For the safety of their customers, and their businesses, the …

everybody is just as scared as you are

On you will go…

By David Essman | Oct 31, 2017

“And when you’re alone, there’s a very good chance you’ll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, down the …