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:

Good ideas don’t care where they came from

By David Essman | Dec 11, 2019

Our old friend Nilofer Merchant has a compelling idea: “Your Employees Have All the Creativity You Need. Let Them Prove It.” Every company boss is sitting …

Beware SuperSexy

By David Essman | Dec 9, 2019

  The big story last week is in The Verge, on how a super sexy ($1.4 Billion market cap worth of super sexy) New York startup luggage …

Are you brushing your teeth, or going to Mars?

By David Essman | Dec 8, 2019

  What can we learn from Elon Musk? Probably the main lesson is that there are few better ways to brand a business than by having …

I Quit The Fame Game To Build Something by Tucker Max

By David Essman | Dec 4, 2019

  In 2009, I was at (or near) the top of the “fame game.” I had the #1 book in the country, a Hollywood movie …

Chances are you have one of these mindsets

By David Essman | Dec 2, 2019

  Here you have it: “Four Leadership Mindsets Driving the New Economy.” Producers. Investors. Connectors. Explorers. Make of it what you will. In Roman times, before you …

‘Tis more blessed to give than to receive

By David Essman | Nov 27, 2019

It’s a funny thing, when you read John Milton’s Paradise Lost, how the main character, Satan, is so completely miserable. The other thing is, he’s completely …