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Rob Lambert

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The Four Types of Value (and Why Clarity Matters)

Most teams are busy — but unclear about the value they’re actually chasing. This Cultivated Notes explainer breaks down the four types of value organisations pursue, why only one creates revenue, and how clarity helps shrink the gap between idea and impact.

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Resolutions - On Courage

Courage isn’t loud or dramatic. It’s the quieter act of living in alignment with what your heart already knows. In a culture obsessed with hustle, efficiency, and certainty, courage asks something different of us — especially at work.

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How Ideas Spread at Work (and Why Sharing Matters More Than You Think)

Ideas rarely create value on their own. They create value when we make something from them — and share that work generously. This short reflection explores how ideas spread, morph, and grow inside organisations, often in ways we never fully see.

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The power to enrich lives in the workplace

Leadership is not only about direction or outcomes — it’s about the effect we have on people. Drawing on Laura Archera Huxley’s You Are Not the Target, this note reflects on care, influence, and the quiet responsibility of shaping the emotional climate around us.

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Creativity Is a Climate Problem

Creativity isn’t a personality trait or a nice-to-have. It’s a response to the environment we work in. This essay explores why creativity is a climate problem — and how leaders can design the conditions where care, ideas, and value can flourish.

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Your Career as an Idea → Value System

Learn how to apply the Idea → Value system to your career. A practical way to think about learning, behaviour change, and employability at work.

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Agile PMO Principles: How Communication Turns Ideas into Value

What does an “Agile PMO” actually mean in practice? In this edition of Meeting Notes, I share the quiet principles behind effective delivery — why communication matters more than tools, why clarity reduces cost, and how teams move work from idea to value without the illusion of control.