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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Read our latest posts below:

teamwork sucks

Culture beyond the conversation

By David Essman | Aug 24, 2017

  In medicine, every study shows that patient care improves as teamwork improves. Why? Because teams that know how to work together work better. It’s …

culture engagement

Employee Engagement: Alternative Facts

By David Essman | Aug 23, 2017

  It was with the best of intentions that we devised such terribly ineffective ways of measuring our employees’ work engagement. We must measure not …

It allows you to invent

The necessity of work

By David Essman | Aug 23, 2017

    The idea? Avoid boredom. The way to get there? Work. Why? Because unlike, say, skydiving or base jumping, there’s always a way to …

you're either doing what you're most passionate about

Sustainable passion

By David Essman | Aug 22, 2017

  Maybe being passionate about our work doesn’t mean what we think it means. Passion doesn’t mean neverending love. Passion means…well, passion. We’re all passionate …

Peace of mind is a kpi

What it means to be an employee

By David Essman | Aug 21, 2017

  We can be excellent at our jobs, but that’s different from being a great employee. We can hit all the marks on hard skills, …

Where we get our inspiration

The lightning bolt

By David Essman | Aug 18, 2017

  John London, famous novelist and journalist, had strong opinions about inspiration. The quote, You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it …