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Staying Power
The best thing about having a well-known brand is that it doesn’t go away easily. The worst thing about having a well-known brand is that …
The Trouble of Unmet Needs
Things are rarely what they seem to be. If we took things at face value, we’d still think the Sun revolves around the Earth. We’d …
What Story Are You Telling Yourself?
“World renowned psychologist,” prolific author and C-suite executive coach, Dr. Jim Loer made a recent appearance on the always-excellent Knowledge Project podcast #193 with Shane …
What We Can Learn from a Village Postman
The Irish broadcaster, Colm Flynn recently tweeted about a lovely TV news report he worked on back in 2019, about a postman, Mike Sheehan, in …
All Contracts are Psychological
The secret to getting results only has three words: Understand human nature. During the Revolutionary War, Ben Franklin was in the precarious position of acting …
Where’s Your 46 Cent Chip?
In 1980, a 46-cent chip almost caused nuclear armageddon. Gapingvoid advisor, Brigadier General John “Dragon” Teichert (USAF (RET) tells the story in his leadership manifesto, …
Find Your Art
After a recent animated-video contest, two shocking things happened. First, it was revealed that the winning animation was animated entirely by AI. Meaning, the AI beat …
A Deep Well of Motivation
In an interview in 2011, Bill Gates said “Legacy is a stupid thing! I don’t want a legacy.” That makes him relatively unique. We humans …
How to Solve the “Willie Nelson” Problem
One day, well into Willie Nelson’s long and illustrious career, a TV presenter asked the musician why he wasn’t writing all the great classic songs …
Nothing Beats Competition
If we didn’t have rivals, there’d be no losing. There’d be no winning either. Because there’d be no competition. And while that seems like an …
If the Glove Don’t Fit, You Must Acquit
OJ Simpson passed away this week of cancer. He was a man who had everything fame and fortune had to offer, and pretty much lost …
Boeing Knows What It Needs to Do—So Do It. Change the Culture.
This post was authored by Gapingvoid CEO, Jason Korman, and originally featured in Barron’s The latest reports about Boeing make this clear: Investors haven’t seen …
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