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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designing a high purpose culture

Which hill are you going to die on?

By David Essman | Oct 29, 2020

  Who doesn’t love Shake Shack? If not the best burger chain in America, there’s certainly none better. The great thing is, it didn’t start life …

culture design

Is your brand viral ready?

By David Essman | Oct 26, 2020

    It’s the marketing story of the year: A random guy, Nathan Apodaca, posts a Tik Tok video of himself riding a skateboard, lip-synching …

organizational culture

Are you a pawn?

By David Essman | Oct 24, 2020

  Chess pieces. Lovely things, what’s interesting is that they’re actually based on the reality of ancient warfare. Pawns. In the Greek Phalanx, because the …

behavioral psychology

Who are you, anyway?

By David Essman | Oct 22, 2020

Warning: This is one of our snarkier posts in a while. If you are not up for heavy snark, please avert your eyes.   Back in 2009, …

innovation culture

Always Open Self

By David Essman | Oct 16, 2020

  Dave Trott tweeted a great quote from Mary Wells, the famous 1960s advertising executive: “You can’t just be you. You have to double yourself. You have …

meaning and connection

This Kind of Hard Work

By David Essman | Oct 14, 2020

You get your first big job, right out of college. In a bank, say, or a law firm, or a big company, or a startup. Congratulations. …