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:

The Power of Oration

By David Essman | Sep 24, 2019

When a kid is going off to college, we always give them the following piece of advice: “If you want to get a competitive edge over …

The Only Secret to Success You Need to Know

By David Essman | Sep 23, 2019

  In business, the natural response is often to make things EVEN MORE complicated than they need to be. Business is inherently complicated anyway, so …

How To Avoid The Surrogation Trap

By David Essman | Sep 19, 2019

Back in the Soviet Union, ball bearings were a big deal. You see, as a general rule, the more industrial machines you were building, the …

Why you definitely need to tune out by Brian Solis

By David Essman | Sep 18, 2019

  Do you remember the moment you chose to tune out everything and everyone around you to pay more attention to what’s happening behind the …

It’s The Flame That Matters, Not The Carrier

By David Essman | Sep 16, 2019

In Medieval Europe, the trade guilds had three ranks: The Apprentice. The kid. The boy. The lowest guy on the totem pole. 2. The Journeyman. From the French …

Vorsprung Durch Technik

By David Essman | Sep 12, 2019

  Marcus Engman, the head designer of Ikea these last six years, just quit to go and start his own consultancy. His big idea? To convince …