Our friend Dr. Benjamin Hardy frequently quotes Robert Brault in Be Your Future Self Now: “We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but … The post What’s Your Latest Bad Idea? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
There’s a famous Cherokee myth about good and evil. As it goes.. An old man was teaching his grandson about life. “There’s a battle going … The post Feed the Wolf? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
The great software question is always, “what’s it for?” Much like the “five-whys” protocol, or Amazon’s “so what?” test, this question is designed to refocus … The post A Solution in Search of a Problem? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
They say leaders eat last. While this is slowly becoming a pithy, overused catchphrase, it’s also a powerful maxim that reminds leaders of their primary … The post What Comes First, Action or Courage? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
If you came of age in say, the late nineties or sooner, there were two rules you had to know: 1. Google is unstoppable, nobody … The post Does Slow and Steady Win the Race? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
The human brain has all sorts of reflexes that shape our judgment. As behavioral economists discovered, we experience a salience effect, judging things that stand … The post Want to be Noticed? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
In 1965, CEOs at the top 350 publicly owned US firms made 20 times as much as their average employee. In 2021, they made 400 … The post How Much is Too Much appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
A myth, once circulated, can last a long time. That’s because our cognitive machines are rife with glitches. (The existence of these glitches is the … The post Fact Vs. Fiction: It’s Not About the Truth appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
If you read The Holy Bible or sacred books like it, what do you find? People struggling away at whatever challenges the Almighty sends them. … The post What Does It Mean to Be Human? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
In many families, people can say it like it is. You’re more likely to be brutally honest with a family member than Bob from accounting. … The post Kids, What Are They Good For? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Understanding human nature is the key to a successful business. That hasn’t changed for centuries (and neither has human nature). The burgeoning field of Behavioral … The post FOMO for Fun and Profit appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Two things have been dominating headlines. Predictions that we might be on the cusp of a big recession and tech companies laying people off in droves. … The post Big Tech: Proceed with Caution appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Alphabet (Google’s parent company) is reportedly looking to rein in X, a division of Google that sets “moonshots”(- i.e. big audacious projects seeking to … The post Scaling Innovation: Is Necessity the Mother of Invention? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Messi’s team may have recently won the world cup. However, his bigger victory might just be beating an egg at the game of Instagram. But … The post Have you liked the egg? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
The Joe Rogan podcast has rather unexpectedly emerged in the last few years as a place where many of the most interesting new ideas coming … The post The End of the World is the Beginning appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
The fear of missing out (a.k.a FOMO) rules the world. In Influence, Robert Cialdini called it the scarcity principle. A millennia ago, FOMO was a … The post Missing Out? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
In his latest book, “The Power of Regret: How Looking Backwards Moves Us Forward,” Daniel Pink opens with the following story about the great French singer, … The post Regrets, I’ve Had a Few appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
There are a lot of stories in the news lately about how AI is “borrowing” the work of living artists to use as source code … The post The Next Picasso? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) was a breath away from not saying “I Have a Dream.” What is arguably the greatest speech in the history … The post No Emotion, No Justice appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
McDonald’s just opened its first fully automated restaurant. Goodbye people, hello, robots! For this one location in Texas, customers can order and pick up their food … The post Machines vs. Humans appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
One place is unlikely to be doing dry January this year. Argentina. At the end of the year, large beer shipments were received across the country following … The post When Life Gives you Lemons, Make… Beer? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
It takes A LOT of energy to get to the top, and even more energy to stay there. Damocles, a courtier in the court of … The post Odds Are You Won’t Be on Top for Long appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
It’s Murphy’s Law that the one time of the year that you really don’t want your travel plans going wrong (e.g. the Holiday Season and … The post Where’s the Love Gone? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Oblique: “having a sloping direction, angle, or position. e.g. Through the window came the last few oblique rays of evening sunshine. He gave her an … The post Is No Plan the Best Plan? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Kristel from Belgium wrote to us recently, questioning the merit of bringing back the role of the court jester in the business environment. “I’m Belgium … The post Should We Bring Back the Jester? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
In Chapter Three of his bestselling book, “The Culture Code,” Daniel Coyle wrote about the famous WWI “Christmas Truce” of 1914. On Christmas Day, both … The post A Christmas Truce appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Back in the Soviet Union (1917-1991), a lot of books were banned, especially Western ones. So if you wanted important but forbidden voices to be … The post Conversations that Matter appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
A big part of being a leader is helping people find more meaning in their jobs. “Making meaning” is a fundamental credo in the culture-building … The post Optimistic Nihilism: Tastes Like Chicken appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Congratulations to Argentina for their tremendous World Cup victory! Once again, the tournament has demonstrated the amazing ability of sport to bring the world together … The post Why is the World Cup Such a Big Deal? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
The philosopher and sinologist, Edward Slingerland was on the Infinite Loops podcast recently, where he discussed among other things his 2014 book, “Trying Not To … The post Trying not to Try appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
In November, there was a great story in the New York Times about the train wreck that was the 2018 merger between AT&T and Time … The post Why 80% of Mergers & Acquisitions Fail appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Simple symbols convey complex ideas. For example, two intersecting lines symbolize a religion held by 2.2 billion people and a religious text of 783,000 words. … The post When Nothing Means Everything appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
As Harvard Business Review recently argued, “in a volatile world, your strategy must be flexible.” Today, nobody denies the world is volatile. It’s especially easy … The post Chess but with Infinite Pieces appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Walk past any fast food joint these days, and you’ll most likely see a “HELP WANTED” sign, often offering terms that were unheard of a … The post What a Chicken Chain Can Teach Us About Culture appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
It’s the age-old question. What boosts creativity? What’s the best way to get in the zone? Hint: It’s not drugs and booze (although it might increase how creative you FEEL … The post Where Does Creativity Come From? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
They say the best consultants plan for their own obsolescence i.e. they do such a good job imparting new skills and knowledge to their clients, … The post Why Great Leaders Are Always Training Their Replacement appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
“Ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in the myth. And since myth is a projection … The post It’s Not About the Turkey appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Former Ogilvy ad-man and current Executive Creative Director at LG US, John Long, recently sent out a deliciously snarky tweet. It’s a photo of a … The post More Dancing, Less Box Checking appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Back in August, Debbie Millman interviewed Chris Evert, one of the top female tennis stars of the last half century, who is now a successful … The post Success: More Grit or Talent? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
It is easy to think of founders as idea machines and first-time visionaries. Cue Bill Gates and the PC, Henry Ford and the assembly line … The post Innovation is Reinvention appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
“Happy employees, happy company” is a common mindset these days. It tells us to aim directly at organizational happiness. But aiming at happiness is exactly … The post Life is About More than Happiness appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
We usually think of militaries as rigid. But the best militaries operate with a fair bit of flexibility. Churchill once remarked that the Wehrmacht was very … The post Be Water, My Friend appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Lies multiply. First one lie. Then a second lie to prop up the first lie. Then a whole slew of accidental lies when someone spreads … The post Lies: Building on a Foundation of Sand appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Big tech layoffs and hiring freezes are all the rage these days. Meta (AKA Facebook) just announced major layoffs. Lyft has reported plans to cut staff … The post Remote Terminations: What not to do appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
A decade ago, after the Arab Spring, everyone was talking about Twitter. Five years ago, when Space X and Tesla were starting to make serious … The post Don’t Bet Against Twitter appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
China is the future. We’ve been hearing that for thirty years. It does sound pretty plausible. It took Britain seven generations to industrialize. It took … The post Nothing Lasts Forever appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
China is the future. We’ve been hearing that for thirty years. It does sound pretty plausible. It took Britain seven generations to industrialize. It took … The post Nothing Lasts Forever appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
The fictional LA detective, Joe Friday, was famous for saying “Just the facts, Ma’am.” Similarly, in the tech and business worlds, “Show me the data” … The post Show Me the Data appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading