Take any well known symbol – the Christian Cross, the Peace Sign, the Nike or McDonald’s logo and what do you have? Something very simple … The post Symbol Warfare 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
On 20th March, in celebration of the UN’s World Happiness day, the BBC’s Mark Easton conducted a little social experiment: dropping ten wallets (with money … The post Pockets of Belfast appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Imagine a large ship listing to one side, taking on water and going in circles. A helicopter lands and managers pile out. “We’ve got this,” … The post Were Your Managers Managing Your Decline? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
“Severance” is currently one of the hottest shows on television. It centers on Lumon Industries where people volunteer for a job on the “severed floor” … The post Your Life Isn’t Meant To Be Balanced, It’s Meant to Be Whole appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Want to hear just how irrational you are? (How irrational we ALL are?) It’s a cold, nasty world, and nature plays little tricks on us … The post Stack Your Cues & Win appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
There are two major cities in business. The first is called “Care More.” It’s where you get ahead by caring more than the other guy. … The post A Tale of Two Cities appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
It’s one thing to learn everything there is to learn about being a surgeon. It’s another thing entirely to actually be one. The same holds true … The post Book Smart or Street Smart appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Thomas Aquinas famously counseled us to “beware the man of one book.” He meant it in the context of debate: if someone has spent their … The post Beware the Man of One Book 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
The first thing you learn when running a business is JUST how hard it is to find good people. This is true whether you’re running … The post Are you the same at work as you are at the pub? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
In Roman times, marble sculptures were highly prized status objects. Sure, they were expensive, but more than that, they were really hard to make. Every … The post Are You Leading Sine Cera? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Tanks teach us a lot. During WWII, Germany and the US had two radically different approaches to tank warfare. Germany built tanks like works of … The post Stop Making Art When You Need Weapons appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Ernest Hemingway once won a bet by writing a six-word tragedy: “For sale. Children’s shoes. Never worn.” As always, it’s what goes unsaid that haunts … The post It’s What Goes Unsaid That’s Interesting appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
If you’ve ever tried reading an old classic written before the printing press was invented in the 15th Century, say, Homer or Milton, you may … The post What Classic Literature & AI Have in Common appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
“Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.” -PJ O’Rourke. As you probably heard already, NYC … The post A Parliament of Whores appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Anthropologist, Margaret Mead, once said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that … The post All for the Want of a Nail appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Have you ever pushed a door that was supposed to be pulled? Activated the wrong heating pad on the oven? Fumbled with the parking brake … The post The Door is Not the Problem appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Have you ever noticed how some of the best ideas come from spite? Take potato chips. As the story goes, they were born from a … The post Your Critics Make You appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Here’s a fun game: Here are four lines from four famous speeches. “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears…” “Four score and seven years ago … The post Great Ideas Die. Memes Live Forever appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
It’s called the Theseus Paradox. According to Plutarch, there’s an Ancient Greek story about a 30-oar ship belonging to King Theseus, which by standards of … The post The Theseus Paradox appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
The losses keep coming. The lives lost in the DCA plane crash, entire communities lost in the LA fires, careers lost from new policy shifts. … The post Loss is the Only Constant appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
It’s been a busy week for our new President, to put it mildly. The thing that’s gotten the most attention is his Executive Order putting … The post From DEI to dei appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
In 1977, economists noticed something strange in the Netherlands. The discovery of natural gas had made the country rich. Really rich. But the wealth was … The post The Curse of Easy Money appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Back when he was still running Microsoft in the 1980s, Bill Gates would vanish into the woods for a week each year. No communication. No … The post More “Be,” Less “Do” appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
We finally saw Ridley Scott’s movie, “Napoleon” the other day. It’s a good movie, much better than we expected after hearing initial complaints that it … The post The Myth of Maslow appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
“Those health freaks are going to feel pretty silly, years from now, when they all start dying of nothing.” –Redd Foxx. We’re all doomed. Again. … The post No One’s in Charge appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
We all know the classic Hero’s Journey. Made famous by Joseph Campbell. Farm boy answers the call to adventure, faces many challenges, finally slays the … The post Is Your OODA Loop Broken? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
It’s Christmas Eve and the Holiday Season is in full swing. Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s, all the good stuff. All of these traditions are very … The post White Christmas, White Space appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Our old friend, Rory Sutherland has a piece of advice: “Be good at two things.” A Marine who knows how to fight is good. A … The post Mastery Isn’t Enough appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Mark Twain noted that “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Around 500 BC, Rome got rid of its kings and became a Republic. … The post History Rhyming Yet Again appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
The Ancient Greek philosopher Democritus is credited with coming up with the theory of atoms (the Greek word for “indivisible”) circa 400 BC. In the … The post Beyond Atoms & The Void appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
The more you try to show, the less people see. The more you try to say, the less they hear. The more you try to … The post Stop being so right all the time appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Remember the iPod? The missing link between the Sony Walkman and the Apple iPhone that changed how we experienced music forever. Back in 2006, a … The post Desire Speaks A Different Language appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.” ― Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) Most of us know the Thanksgiving story: Pilgrims, … The post A Radical Act appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Here in the US, when we hear “Michelin”, gold stars in haute cuisine and Michelin-Star restaurants come to mind. But Michelin is not a food … The post Help! How Do I Cook a Turkey? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Bernard Arnault didn’t just build LVMH, he created new rules for luxury. Most stories are about the deals – how he acquired Christian Dior, Moet … The post Get Out of The Way appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
There’s a French postmodern philosopher, Jean Baudrillard, who made a big splash in the late 20th Century with his two big ideas about how information … The post Hyperreal is the New Real appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” It’s called Goodhart’s Law, and it explains why good intentions can lead … The post What Matters Not What’s Easy appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
There’s nothing you can do to make people trust you. Except saying only what you mean. Except doing exactly what you say you’re going to … The post It’s Not That Hard appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
On Christmas Night, 1776, George Washington’s Continental Army faced a choice. Hessian mercenaries hired by the British encamped across the Delaware River. The sun had … The post What Actually Survives appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
When companies with identical resources produce wildly different results, we all want to know the secret. The recently announced Nobel Prize in Economics, which was … The post Mommy, Where Does Money Come From? appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Here in South Florida where Gapingvoid is based, we just survived another Hurricane season. Watching a few hurricanes nearly miss us naturally led us to … The post There’s Always A Storm Coming appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Imagine a curve. Amazon is on the left, hyper-efficient, where you can buy a nice handbag made in China for $15. Hermes is on the … The post The Scariest Place to Be appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
Doritos recently sent their chips to space. They developed a special chip that was eaten in gravity-free outer space by real astronauts, and live streamed … The post Stop telling me about yourself appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
There’s a hidden story hanging over all of our heads, subtly influencing everything we do, say, and think. Think about it – what brings people … The post The Story Behind Your Story appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
23&Me has been dominating headlines lately, going from a $6 billion unicorn to a penny stock. It will likely be delisted from the NASDAQ soon. … The post A DNA Test that Matters appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
What does it take to change your life? Sometimes, not all that much. As our old friend, Brian Solis, writes in his new book, “Mindshift, … The post Why Being Called Worthless Can Change Everything appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading
After half a century working there, Joe Holtz, the director of Brooklyn’s Park Slope Co-op, one of the oldest food co-ops in the country is … The post The Secret Ingredient? It’s Not the Food appeared first on Gapingvoid. | Continue reading