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Intellectual Best Practices
The great anti-establishment Australian publisher, Claire Lehmann was recently lambasting the big-city American intelligentsia for their lack of intellectual diversity: “The pressure to conform exists everywhere but …
Fewer Moving Parts
Everybody loves Steely Dan. At least, every middle-aged, American white dude from the suburbs loves Steely Dan. For anyone who went to college in the 70s-80s, …
The “Kind of Blue” Effect
In pop music, there is a curve. “Easy-Listening” on one end of the curve (Barry Manilow, Kenny G, Billy Joel, etc) and on the other, we …
The seven, ten, twelve, habits of successful leaders
It’s a funny thing about leadership. By definition, it’s one of the most important roles on the planet. Your job is fundamentally about spreading …
Go figure it out
“I figured it out. You figure it out.” One of my favorite quotes was told to me by an old friend, Austin Kleon. He was talking …
Gapingvoid goes to Hollywood
One of the great things about our consulting engagements is that the effect of our work carries on long after we “leave the building”. A few …
Tony, thank you for delivering Wow
The sad news was all over the media this weekend: Former Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh passed away under pretty awful circumstances. We are gutted. A big …
The secret to designing great cultures
“Culture” is having its moment, and it couldn’t come sooner. People are asking; “How do we maintain culture at distance?”, “What do we do about …
What Business Are You Actually In?
There’s an old saying: The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones. No, the Stone Age was ended by the Bronze Age. …
Create or Die
1. At the end of the day, we are a nation of creators. 2. We think of the creator class – the people who actually …
Veterans Day 2020
To honor our troops this Veterans Day, we made a little ebook of famous quotes on the nature of heroism. Because that’s what Veterans are. The …
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