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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The secret to designing great cultures

By David Essman | Nov 23, 2020

“Culture” is having its moment, and it couldn’t come sooner.   People are asking; “How do we maintain culture at distance?”, “What do we do about …

agile culture;the hard part was knowing what business we were actually in

What Business Are You Actually In?

By David Essman | Nov 20, 2020

There’s an old saying: The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones. No, the Stone Age was ended by the Bronze Age. …

creative culture; as a professional creator, your day job is to be continually nourished by the art of others.

Create or Die

By David Essman | Nov 18, 2020

  1. At the end of the day, we are a nation of creators. 2. We think of the creator class – the people who actually …

sustainable movements; Veterans Day 2020

Veterans Day 2020

By David Essman | Nov 11, 2020

  To honor our troops this Veterans Day, we made a little ebook of famous quotes on the nature of heroism. Because that’s what Veterans are. The …

What do you believe in?

By David Essman | Nov 9, 2020

  Belief is a funny thing. It seems so simple, but it makes an enormous difference to your outcomes in life. Do something without belief, …

culture of empathy; kindness is also contagious

A Virus Worth Spreading

By David Essman | Nov 2, 2020

When trying to understand human behavior, the temptation is to reduce everything down to selfish, rational transactions. But that’s only part of the story, of …