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:

How to Live Through Civilizational Collapse and Still Have Nice Things

By Cierra Martin | Sep 20, 2024

The title of this piece is basically the subtext of a growing trend reported in a recent WSJ article, “America Pulls Back From Values That …

What’s Your If-Then Loop?

By Cierra Martin | Sep 18, 2024

Our old friend Seth Godin has a great definition of organizational culture: “People like us do things like this.”  It’s simple and yet captures how …

Allergic to Mediocrity

By Cierra Martin | Sep 16, 2024

From the 1970’s to around the financial crash of 2008, one could credibly argue that London advertising was the best in the world. Sure, the …

Ideas That Don’t Die

By Cierra Martin | Sep 13, 2024

In 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered what is largely revered as the most famous speech in US History, The Gettysburg Address. “Four score and seven years …

When Small Becomes Tall

By Cierra Martin | Sep 9, 2024

If we ask a random person in the street, what’s the point of language, we may expect to hear something like, “it allows us to …

The Psychology of Sugar Water

By Cierra Martin | Sep 6, 2024

In 1971, Coca-Cola launched the most famous commercial in advertising history. Older folks will still remember it fondly. Younger folks might remember it being used …