The Gapingvoid Email

Three times a week, we'll send you a thought-provoking illustration about the world of work along with a short snippet of insight. Our emails cover topics like company culture, design thinking, leadership strategies, creating better-functioning teams, navigating the hybrid work environment, and more. They are designed as quick reads to give you insight into working smarter and being more connected to why you do what you do. We also feature guest posts from thought leaders around the world and answer culture questions sent in by our readers. People who enjoy the daily email most are often senior leaders in business, healthcare execs, entrepreneurs, and academics.

 

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They pretend to pay us, we pretend to work

By Cierra Martin | Oct 4, 2024

From the creation of the Soviet Union in 1917 until its dissolution in 1991, Pravda, its largest newspaper, was the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist …

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Elves are Overrated

By Cierra Martin | Oct 2, 2024

In JRR Tolkien’s “Lord Of The Rings”, the Elves seemed to have it made.  Tolkien’s Elves weren’t like the old Celtic Faeries- little mischievous creatures …

Corruption is Contagious

By Cierra Martin | Sep 27, 2024

What do New York Mayor, Eric Adams, and Sean Combs aka Puff Diddy have in common? They’ve allegedly fallen into what we call “The Croesus …

In Defense of Red Tape

By Cierra Martin | Sep 25, 2024

One of the hardest questions in business is how to scale.  The great startup VC, Paul Graham, talks about this in one of his essays, …

Culture is Purpose Not Place

By Cierra Martin | Sep 23, 2024

The big news in remote working this month was the memo Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, sent out last week mandating that all employees return to …

How to Live Through Civilizational Collapse and Still Have Nice Things

By Cierra Martin | Sep 20, 2024

The title of this piece is basically the subtext of a growing trend reported in a recent WSJ article, “America Pulls Back From Values That …