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How smart collaborations can lead to massive success
One thing you’ll notice, when you read old interviews of Led Zeppelin (one of the greatest rock bands of the last fifty years): You’ll hear …
How a daily huddle can keep your business aligned and on track
Intermountain Healthcare uses the rather simple ritual of the morning huddle to pretty much run its entire operation of thousands of people across 23 hospitals. Here at …
The one thing to do when things aren’t working
In start-up parlance, to “pivot” means to change the main direction of the company in a very short period of time. “We are no …
The best way to get famous
Although there are a ton of ways to measure success and/or happiness (and all of them are imperfect), there is one thing I have noticed …
Be good at two things
Our Twitter buddy, Rory Sutherland, the rockstar ad man from Ogilvy has what I think is very sound advice for young people: “Be good at two …
Wait, is it possible to have a great reputation and a terrible culture?
A car’s exterior is the first thing anyone sees, but it has very little effect on how the car actually runs. Sure, the design of …
What every boss should be thinking about
This is what every boss spends 80% of his time thinking about, even if she doesn’t admit it: How do we (the team) work closer together? …
Perfection is for amateurs
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. …
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