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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Remote Terminations: What not to do

By Cierra Martin | Nov 8, 2022

Big tech layoffs and hiring freezes are all the rage these days. Meta (AKA Facebook) just announced major layoffs. Lyft has reported plans to cut staff …

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Don’t Bet Against Twitter

By Cierra Martin | Nov 6, 2022

A decade ago, after the Arab Spring, everyone was talking about Twitter. Five years ago, when Space X and Tesla were starting to make serious …

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Nothing Lasts Forever

By Cierra Martin | Nov 4, 2022

China is the future. We’ve been hearing that for thirty years. It does sound pretty plausible. It took Britain seven generations to industrialize. It took …

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Show Me the Data

By Cierra Martin | Nov 2, 2022

The fictional LA detective, Joe Friday, was famous for saying “Just the facts, Ma’am.” Similarly, in the tech and business worlds, “Show me the data” …

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Wanted: CEOs with People Skills

By Cierra Martin | Oct 31, 2022

These graphs by Axios and HBR, revealing the most-wanted skills in the C-suite, got our attention. They show that “culture” and other high-EQ qualities are …

Social Cop-Ye-ing

By Cierra Martin | Oct 28, 2022

One thing that allows us to dominate the animal kingdom is our ability to copy what we perceive as successful behavior. This is why most …