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anger vs joy
Joy makes you feel expansive and outward-looking. Think of Beethoven’s “Ode To Joy” in the Ninth Symphony. It’s hardly and act of orchestral introspection. …

gratitude | trust
The point here is not, “gratitude and trust are just good things to have in an organization”. Everyone knows how places that have people who …

it's not the customer's job
This illustration falls under the Seth Godin golden rule about marketing: “Nobody cares about you.” It’s not that people are unkind or malicious; it’s just that they’re already …

founders wanted
One transition in enterprise is the paradox that we are now asking people trained as specialists to think and act like generalists. What I mean is …

crazy tire
No you’re not delusional, but you’re definitely crazy. You have to be when you wake up every morning trying to make a difference in this …

innovation= absence of fear
Fearless innovation. How the heck does that happen? Ever notice that it’s generally harder for big companies to innovate, it’s harder for older people to …

nothing changes until…
Gapingvoid has been doing a lot of work with the healthcare industry recently, using art to help change behaviors. This is one of the first ideas we came …

dedicate my life
You spend most of your waking life working, so it makes sense for you to actually like the people you share your days with. We have …

empowered to make change
“Empowerment’ is a loaded word. Who is really empowered, and to do what? We all have a role to fulfill, but the question is are …

Commun
What do communities do? They talk to each other. A lot. Every day. That’s what this drawing is all about. What do warring tribes do? …

hope isn't a strategy
My friend Seth Godin wrote a great post a couple weeks ago about why the word “realist” suddenly became synonymous with the word “pessimist”. Why? According to who? He …

thank you for being amazing
Here’s a question: when in business, when should you *feel* successful? When do you start thinking of yourself *as* successful? When you make a million …
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