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Consciousness Is The New Battleground
A lovely article in The Spectator states the obvious: that if you want to live long and happily, for heaven’s sake, keep your brain occupied. In …
Mission Possible
There’s an old saying in the film business: a movie is only as good as the reasons for making it. Is the filmmaker trying to …
Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas that don’t make Sense by Rory Sutherland
Friends of Gapingvoid, Anyone who reads this daily expression of love, already knows that you are all part of the Gapingvoid family; folks connected by …
The Key To Organizational Success
This is how a team effort pretty much works in a large organIzation. It’s not just about solving the problem at hand, it’s also about …
Why your ego can be your worst enemy
In 1943, British Intelligence was involved in a plot to have Hitler assassinated. But then Churchill heard about it and had them call the …
The Miracle of Sudden Insight
One of the greatest gifts we have are these sudden, life-changing, life-defining moments of clarity. Where we see not only the whole world for what …
The number one secret to great leadership
If you want to be a transformational leader it’s time to get emotional. End of story. People are comfortable with facts and data in business, and …
Why Innovation = Influence
This is another way of saying, it doesn’t matter how good your idea is if you can’t get buy-in from other people and if other …
Why it’s not enough for the customer to love your product
Fifteen years ago, we published this from The Hughtrain Manifesto: “Product benefit doesn’t excite us. Belief in humanity and human potential excites us.” “Think less about what …
Memories Are Meaning
Every country has their version of Memorial Day. The idea is that we honor those who came before us. We see leaders who are driven …
Do you want to have it all?
In many production and services businesses, there’s the old saying, “Cheap. Fast. Good. Pick two.” And in yuppie circles, there’s a similar saying: “Friends. Career. …
Do you want to be part of something larger?
Sure, people like their autonomy, they like not being micromanaged, they like being left alone to get on with their work. However, for all that …
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