When you’re very good at “n”, there are probably thousands of people who are also good at “n”. But if you are good at “n + 1”, that number is far smaller. | Continue reading
Sure, today we’d write it differently: “Like many people, he spent far too much time on Facebook, Twitter, the Internet” | Continue reading
The work that keeps companies going day in and day out is done by your employees, and for that they deserve more than just fair pay and reasonable hours -- they need to get regular thanks. | Continue reading
We all have choices and there is so much talk about following your passion. I think following your passion is awesome, | Continue reading
as an employer, as somebody who likes nothing better than giving a bright kid a break, we don’t need “special”. We need “irreplaceable” | Continue reading
Which comes first, customer or employee? It's the classic chicken and egg problem | Continue reading
Herb Kelleher was also one of America’s first CEOs with the vision and understanding of human nature that became a case study on how culture could be a strategic business advantage. | Continue reading
Think about when you were positively overwhelmed with a good experience. Remember how you felt a sense of awe that lifted up the whole rest of the day. | Continue reading
Learn more about Happy New Year! from Gapingvoid, the leaders in workplace culture consulting and making work more meaningful! 305-763-8503 | Continue reading
Toddlers already know ROI. It happens naturally when they learn how to lie. An opportunity to snag the extra cookie? | Continue reading
Quake in your boots with awe when you stand in the presence of your idol? We all do. That’s humility we can all understand: we grok and salute it. | Continue reading
we hope you find joy in 2019, and if can do it at your pace of work, well, that’s one of the easiest and rewarding places to do it. | Continue reading
Buddha once said that “Life is suffering”. He didn’t say that most of our suffering is self-inflicted. | Continue reading
The hardest part of any business is the people part. And yet to merely state it as fact, is to sound like you’re just stating the obvious, | Continue reading
Great leaders are skilled communicators, and by necessity, storytellers. This applies to leaders in business, religion, politics and especially non-profits. | Continue reading
The thing with communication is, the important bit isn’t what you say (output), but what the other person thinks you say (input). | Continue reading
How many times has someone said to you: 'we need to talk', but what they really meant is that I need to give you a lecture; we, in fact, don't need to talk | Continue reading
The moments in our lives that stay with us over time… The reason they stay with us, is because we manage to fit them into a narrative, somehow. | Continue reading
There’s an old saying about playing a musical instrument, “You have to think it, before you can play it.” | Continue reading
Change starts with one person. Whether it’s changing your business, your neighborhood, your culture, it all starts with one person starting a movement. | Continue reading
Here’s a question: when should you *feel* successful? When do you start thinking of yourself *as* successful? When you make a million dollars? | Continue reading
The idea that beliefs do have physical manifestations is still a remarkable concept, and when you think about how to apply this concept to your organization | Continue reading
YOU have a passion. Invite it into every part of your life. Let it grab you by the shoulders and shake up your soul until you breathe in passion | Continue reading
When you study critical junctures in the market, it’s amazing how many market leaders fail to take advantage. We've heard this all before. | Continue reading
“The worst bad habits are learned early on.” Reid Hoffman once said: that a company’s culture is forged in the first 150 employees. | Continue reading
Hey, do you remember when our lives weren’t completely taken over by devices? Neither do I. Seriously. | Continue reading
The story of Adam and Eve uses a garden, a snake and an apple to explain the human condition. | Continue reading
Yes, it is...well at least it is, until the edges push back. Then the heads roll, like it’s now happening at Havas. | Continue reading
We live in a time of digital Darwinism. As technology evolves so do markets. And as they evolve, behaviors, values and norms also adapt. | Continue reading
We need to love, we need to belong, we need part of something. Sure, we’re looking for a deal, but that’s not all we’re put on this planet for. | Continue reading
What we found were many passionate, dedicated and super smart people who are all serving with a deep desire to improve this world. | Continue reading
They were a dinosaur, with no possibility of redemption. And then Satya Nadella came along and changed the game, so they say. But it wasn’t just him. | Continue reading
But there’s something else going on, just as important: Teaching is also a form of learning i.e. you don’t really know a subject until you can teach. | Continue reading
When you love what you do, the world can tell. The world wants to hear more. The world wants to open doors for you. | Continue reading
Our approach to human-centered change often focuses on mindset. Our mindsets drive our behaviors, and our behaviors are what deliver organizational outcomes | Continue reading
According to MIT, one third (a trillion dollars) of annual healthcare resources is wasted, and they believe applying A.I. could massively cut down on this | Continue reading
There are two ways to make a classical sculpture: call them “Addition” and “Subtraction”. | Continue reading
He was trying to decide what path to take with his career- something arty and creative, or something more sensible and likely to bring in the cash. | Continue reading
I notice a lot of people people my age (middle age) having to start again, and often it isn’t because they wanted to. | Continue reading
That was the thing. I was living in a big city, having a pretty good time of it (and least it looked that way, from the outside) | Continue reading
What is agility? I’d call it having or maintaining the ability to act quickly and cheaply. Much more so than the usual competition. | Continue reading
Think about a major career goal you have. Not any old goal, but something you’ve been working on for years. A world-changing leviathan of a goal. | Continue reading
Adam Smith wrote about it in 1776 in The Wealth Of Nations - We are frail, limited creatures, we can only do so much on our own, | Continue reading
Our brains, a vast network of connections, are genetically evolved to basically be connection-making machines. | Continue reading
Where are you going? Not for dinner...I mean, what's your big picture? Is everyone on board? | Continue reading
Most leaders expect results to improve strictly through data, ignoring how people feel. | Continue reading
We live in an the era of “The Four”- the four great companies that dominate the first iteration of the World Wide Web | Continue reading
If you’re lucky, eventually you get to the point when your realize that, while you were here you had an amazing time of things. What a trip! | Continue reading