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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Agency Is Key

By David Essman | Oct 21, 2019

It’s an age-old problem. You’re a successful company, so you’re expected to innovate. That’s what successful companies do, after all. You’ve had a big restructuring, …

“We Are All Weird”

By David Essman | Oct 18, 2019

As you probably know already, Seth Godin is one of my favorite authors. What’s less known is that “We Are All Weird” is probably my favorite book of his. …

“Not Knowing” is the Killer App

By David Essman | Oct 17, 2019

There’s been a lot of fuss in business lately about Big Data. With Big Data, suddenly it’s possible to know everything. Hurrah!!! But as the late, …

The Boring Part of Creativity – by Tom Goodwin

By David Essman | Oct 16, 2019

  From around 2004 I worked at a very trendy Creative agency in London. Quite often you’d book a meeting room for an important client, …

Rock & Roll Dreams

By David Essman | Oct 15, 2019

My old friend Dan plays bass in a famous rock band. He’s a really great guy. The funny thing is, when Dan’s not on the …

Maybe Too Mammoth?

By David Essman | Oct 14, 2019

We have this thing in modern business called “Taylorism”. Named after Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) and also known as “scientific management”, it’s basically about applying the …