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:

What Signal Are You Sending?

By Cierra Martin | Aug 16, 2024

Little things matter. A lot. (Or they don’t, until they do).  A year-long study of 450,000 employees across 40 million Zoom meetings revealed a not-so-shocking …

Environment is Leadership

By Cierra Martin | Aug 12, 2024

When talking about architecture, in 1948 Winston Churchill may have said it best: “We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.” Ain’t that the truth? …

Meaning: the Ultimate Olympic Sport

By Cierra Martin | Aug 9, 2024

Admit it. Until this summer, very few of us knew what a Phryge was. Most of us probably still don’t. “Les Phryges” are a pair …

Mastery as Marketing

By Cierra Martin | Aug 7, 2024

In a 2001 episode of “Sex and The City,” hilarity ensues when one of the main characters, Samantha, tries using her celebrity connections to jump …

Unexpected Lessons from the 50-yard Line

By Cierra Martin | Aug 2, 2024

In “On The Waterfront,” the classic 1954 Elia Kazan film about a former professional boxer turned low-status New Jersey longshoreman, the protagonist, Terry Malloy, is played …

The Domino Effect of ‘Just this Once’

By Cierra Martin | Jul 31, 2024

  Isn’t it strange how, once upon a time, our Presidential debates literally sounded like this: “I have no disagreement with the Vice President’s position on …