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quality isn’t job one

“Quality is Job One” is a slogan used by Ford Motor Company back in the 1980s, once they decided that perhaps making rust buckets …

embracing work-life balance

This article from Harvard Business Review, “Managing The High Intensity Workplace” is sparking a lot of conversation internally here at Gapingvoid: The article talks about how …

it’s all about karma, baby

Will that random kid you were unkind to in the playground, back when you were seven, somehow affect the future, decades later? Will the time you …

if it’s not worth fighting for, it doesn’t exist

So what is worth fighting for? Let’s narrow it a bit: which are the parts of your job are worth fighting for? If you don’t know, you’re …

human potential defines us

Here’s the thing. You can have all the major advantages of Western Civilizations (money, democracy, status, jobs, friends, family, education, modern medicine etc.) handed to …

creativity requires a network

The “Myth of the lone genius” is an appealing and enduring idea for us creative types. Why is it so attractive to us? First, because …

life before the internet

Remember how back in the day, there was no iPhone, there was no Google, and decent, hardcore, actionable information was almost impossible to find, without …

find your secret sauce

Your “secret sauce” is that one thing, often that one seemingly minor thing, that makes all the difference to your business. The fact that you …

it ain’t fancy, but it works

They like putting eagles into motivational posters, for the same reason they like putting children in car ads. It ain’t fancy, but it works. In the old …

the talent war

The right piece of art can inspire. The right piece of art can actually change your how you’re feeling, or your mood. It’s not about that …

collaboration, trusts, results

You don’t get results without collaboration, and you don’t you don’t get collaboration without trust. Reminds us of this this very toxic work environment, let’s …