Gapingvoid Culture Design Group

We deliver a real, human, emotional, immersive connection to work, by designing a more meaningful culture.

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The @nyknicks did more than win a basketball game yesterday. They reminded us what can happen when a group of people refuses to let the score determine the story. And in doing so, they reintroduced New York to itself. Good luck @spurs. You're gonna need it. https://t.co/4uObwvEleq

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Setbacks are temporary, standards are eternal. Be willing to destroy anything in your life that isn’t excellent. What this looks like in practice: https://t.co/hOMKefQyUD

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With the @FIFAWorldCup approaching, football fans (real football, sorry America) all over the world are already doing the math: If my team plays at 3am, will the boss let me come in late? If we make the quarterfinals, can I get to Dallas to see it in person? People are never going to choose a spreadsheet over the match. They never have. Leaders have a choice: spend the next month fighting for your employees' attention or use the world's biggest shared experience to bring your people closer together.

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Ferrari's new blue EV is a great example of what happens when a legend forgets who it is.

https://t.co/0SQfnH4kGC

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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Does toxic culture cause political paralysis? Or vice versa?https://t.co/IgehLEf6gk

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Every company has a Golden Goose. A culture. A mission. That weird little spark that makes people care. Then expansion shows up and puts the goose on the chopping block. Eric Ries new book explores why good companies slowly optimize themselves into oblivion, and what it takes to stop it. We unpacked these ideas in our latest blog: https://t.co/5os1fVnIBR

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@austinhill When you're locked in on your why, the when, where, who, and how tend to fall into place.

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On Memorial day, we remember those who fell serving our country, the ones who paid the ultimate price. It would be utterly psychopathic on a national scale if we didn’t. Why psychopathic? Find out in our latest blog: https://t.co/nymKL5Qd0N

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Everybody knows Alexander the Great. But do you know what gained him that title? It wasn’t that he conquered half the known world: https://t.co/zLeD1Df1RW

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@scottdwitt @simonsinek @rorysutherland's reverse benchmarking strategy is another helpful one. Instead of copying what competitors do well, figure out what they do badly, then obsess over doing that part exceptionally.

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It’s tempting to ruthlessly cut anything that seems even remotely inefficient, anything that might slow us down.

But before we do, it’s worth asking: What if one of those inefficiencies is actually our biggest advantage?

What if the frills are the whole point?

Full blog: https://t.co/wxGPRKPZaV

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We can’t always control a brand, an idea, a reality… but we can often have just as much influence by controlling the space around it: https://t.co/UBChfFCfqe

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@scottdwitt They built their business models around that philosophy instinctually but for many other executives it took a TED Talk from @simonsinek to understand why you must start with your "why."

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@geriwithetc Three cheers to more frills!

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The night clerk https://t.co/3cN43d7frQ

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“In God We Trust.” The Nike swoosh. “Make America Great Again.” These are some of the world's most powerful memes. 

The tool of a meme is neutral, but the intent isn't.

What's different now is the delivery system. With the invention of social media and the internet, anyone can spread a meme into people's pockets, literally.

Russia and China figured this out. And now Iran.  

For his newsletter, They Stand Corrected, @JoshLevs spoke with our CEO about how this new “memetic warfare” works: https://t.co/HWbaACFNti

Does it scare you? Excite you? How do we all feel about memes being used as modern propaganda machines?

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The whole resume industry is built to help candidates look correctly sized. The right keywords. The right gaps explained. The right shape for the role. Everyone optimizing to be the doll that fits. Ogilvy was not hiring dolls that fit. He was hiring people his managers found slightly alarming. People who were too much for the role on paper. https://t.co/RY9JO6iT1V

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@AlanJSmit The ONLY currencies!