Tag: GapingVoid

Leadership

The Power of Empty Spaces in Creating Breakthrough Success

This post is inspired by the post titled – God is in the Gaps on the Gapinvoid blog. The blog explores the Japanese concept of “Ma,” which emphasizes the significance of gaps, spaces, and pauses in art, music, and design, illustrating how absence can create meaning and beauty. It draws parallels between Eastern and Western philosophies, citing examples from Buddhism, Japanese calligraphy, Beethoven’s music, Hemingway’s writing, and Jony Ive’s minimalist design—showing that what is left unsaid or unfilled holds essential value. I believe that the same holds true in our lives as well. The empty spaces in our calendars when […]

Leadership

Leaders Worth Following Know How to Design our Behaviors

I read this post titled “The Door is Not the Problem” on GapingVoid blog and was reminded of a couple of things that are important to remember if we want to be a leader worth following. Firstly, we need to realize that our behavior is much more impacted by our environment than we think. Every element of design of a product or service or the way we design our environment (intentional or unintentional) – it has elements of affordances and signifiers (Affordances are what the design makes possible. Signifiers make you aware of these possibilities). Consequently, how we design our […]

Leadership

Standing out in a World filled with Experts

I read a recent blog post on Gapingvoid based on a quote by Rory Sutherland: “Be good at two things.” – Rory Sutherland I think this is a great advice if we want to stand out in a world filled with experts. If we are an expert in a specific topic, the chances are that we will find thousands more who are either as much an expert in that topic as we are. However, if we combine that expertise with another topic, the chances of finding someone else who has the same two expertise goes down drastically. Add to that […]

Innovation, Leadership, Marketing, Personal Growth

How To Be Different and Stand Out

Premise: One of the side effect of the explosion of social media is that every one is trying to be seen (views), heard (downloads) and appreciated (likes/shares). In this constant struggle to be seen/heard/appreciated, everyone is trying to be different and unique and authentic. And that is the true challenge. According to National Human Genome Research institute, “All human beings are 99.9 percent identical in their genetic makeup.” Which means that we are all that different from each other genetically. The 0.1 percent that does differentiate us genetically is influenced by our environment, exposure and experience we have had in […]