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

The Great Work Study

By David Essman | Aug 1, 2017

  What difference could I make that other people would love? According to the Great Work Study, this is the question that has determined 88% …

If you do what you've always done

Reaching your goals

By David Essman | Jul 31, 2017

  To reach your goals, pretend you’ve already tried and failed. This is the advice of an article in New York Magazine about how to …

My beautiful kingdom is all messed up

What have we done?!

By David Essman | Jul 30, 2017

  We’ve lost sight of the big goal, methinks. We’re seeing the problems, but not the solutions. We’re seeing the battles, but not the war. …

innovation is an organic process

Natural progression

By David Essman | Jul 27, 2017

  Good things can’t be forced. They can be chased, or planned, or try-and-fail attempted, but they have to come from some kind of spark. …

How To Scare People

The Great Divide

By David Essman | Jul 26, 2017

  We saw what happened when we built fancy sh** for the sake of building fancy sh**. That was in the late 90’s, and the …

Permission

Who are you asking?

By David Essman | Jul 24, 2017

  Procrastination is one of mankind’s longest-standing traditions. The New Yorker called it the common pulse of humanity. We use nice words to talk about …