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:

We Don’t Always Respect Our Own Strengths. We Need to Change That. by Marla Gottschalk

By David Essman | Oct 30, 2019

  Strengths have endured as a focal point of career growth. Author Whitney Johnson, speaks of our unsung “super-powers” that can drive both career disruption and growth. …

Your “Why” Isn’t what you think it is

By David Essman | Oct 29, 2019

It’s been nearly ten years since Simon Sinek’s finding “The Why” conversation became all the rage. It is an often misunderstood concept, and the roots are actually …

Your struggle is real…be grateful

By David Essman | Oct 28, 2019

The great 90’s feminist writer, the late Cynthia Heimel, once made a lovely point about moving to Hollywood from New York. And her point was, that …

What does real leadership mean?

By David Essman | Oct 25, 2019

Not everybody has to be a boss. Not everybody has to be an entrepreneur or a CEO or a billionaire or a celebrity. But eventually …

What Good Grub, Good Principles and Good Parenting have in common

By David Essman | Oct 24, 2019

There’s a great line in hiking circles: “Backpacking is the art of knowing what NOT to take.” When you go out camping in the wilderness, you …

Imperfect Is A Superpower. – by David Wolstencroft

By David Essman | Oct 23, 2019

  All work, and all life exist within an imperfect space. Showrunning a drama series means Embracing the Imperfect as a way of life. Do …