The best way to ensure that you never find perfection, is to search hard for it. Steve Jobs loved the phrase, “Real artists ship.” Real artists …
Without Love There Is No Freedom
It’s funny how we increasingly take public holidays for granted, yet Martin Luther King Day seems to get more important to our collective psyche, with …
The Big Bleed
One of the reasons we’re working all hours is the simple fact that everyone else is doing the same. It’s hard to knock off at …
Feedback is a gift
The thing about work is that we are all serving someone else. Your work really is what you do to bring value to the …
The Real Reason Why Storytelling is a Big Deal
A dozen years ago or so, back when the blogosphere was still in its infancy, friend of Gapingvoid, Microsoft’s Steve Clayton just started blogging “stories” about his employer. …
Go For It!!
Sometime early on in life, we are given an idea, a glimpse, of our true potential. We then spend the rest of our lives trying …
This 1937 Orwell Quote is more relevant than ever
This line comes from George Orwell’s 1937 book, “The Road To Wigan Pier”. He was writing about working-class life in the North of England before the …
When Validation Actually Matters
So, you want to attract the best talent? Create the best environment. The work that keeps companies going day in and day out is done …
For the love of work
We all have choices and there is so much talk about following your passion. I think following your passion is awesome, as long as you …
How To Be Irreplaceable
We raise our kids telling them that they’re “special” – which they are, of course. So they eventually get to college, hoping to keep the “special” …
Commit To Each Other
Which comes first, customer or employee? It’s the classic chicken and egg problem. There are many conflicting theories, but on some level, it just makes …
The Way We Fly
“Think small and act small and we will get bigger, think big and act big and we’ll get smaller” Yesterday, Herb Kelleher, one of the world’s …