๐Ÿ”— Wrong Way, Right Direction โ€” Gapingvoid

This one also relates to a Johnism …

No decision is still a decision.


๐Ÿ”— Be Hungry, Not Thirsty โ€” Gapingvoid

if you are following along - you will l know that Hugh and his team often resonate with my thinking.

This one reminds me of an old ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Johnism …

Who put the ‘con’ into content.






๐Ÿ”— If Nobodyโ€™s Pissed Off, Try Harder โ€” Gapingvoid

You now have permission. Then again .. if thatโ€™s what you were waiting for, maybe that is part of your problem.



๐Ÿ”— Nudge or Sludge? โ€” Gapingvoid

Want to know what a company actually believes? Skip their core values page. Try to cancel something.


๐Ÿ”— All Maps Lie - Gapingvoid

.. an old drum of mine.


๐Ÿ”— All Maps Lie

.. an old drum of mine.



Knowledge is a Commodity - Wisdom is not.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Ray Wang

One of the many reasons why PHIโ‘ŠPIN and the Systems of Engagement we build for The Age of Experience uses the DIKIWI framework.


๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ The Myth of Maslow

Iโ€™ve always taken the 5 levels to be more a series of ongoing processes .. not necessarily that you achieve them โ€ฆ more to reflect the focus at a moment in time .. also the triangle pinnacle is misleading in that the work going on in there is likely inversely proportional to the shape’s area … and finally you are almost constantly working on multiple levels at the same time.

But that’s my take - might not be what Abraham meant?

๐Ÿ”—The Gaping Void Piece


๐Ÿ”— Colorless, Shapeless Orb - Gapingvoid

We call it The Void. Itโ€™s where most work lives now. Transactional. Comfortable. Manageable. Forgettable. If youโ€™ve ever wondered why our name is so weird, thatโ€™s it. We made it our business to kill it.ย 

๐Ÿ‘๏ธ Yes. Seperately - love their new home page.


๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐Ÿ”— Going Electric

Which is why we all, as people who design culture whether we realize it or not, need to keep thinking about where weโ€™ve been, where weโ€™re going, and perhaps most importantly, how not to get too comfortable with where we currently are.ย 


๐Ÿ”— The Moon was Never the Point - Gapingvoid

it takes almost the same amount of time and energy to manage tiny projects as it does to manage massive projects

Like for like I would argue that there is some kind of normal distribution curve at play here … where Gapingvoid’s conclusion is correct in the centre - but wrong at the extremes.

5 - 50 and 500,000 are not ‘specific’.

Managing ‘5’ mini projects is easier than one project that encompasses those ‘5’ mini projects.

Managing ‘50’ mini projects is harder than one project that encompasses those ‘50’ mini projects.

Managing ‘500,000’ mini projects is easier than one project that encompasses those ‘500,000’ mini projects.

I should come back to this with more detail - lets see what the cognoscenti has to say … nothing - as usual - would be my guess.


๐Ÿ”— Omoiyari - Gapingvoid

When I diagram I often default to circle and spirals and avoid triangles.

Maybe I have unknowingly been channeling my inner Omoiyariโ“


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