Map — Orientation
The Problem with Management by Committee
Consensus feels collaborative, but it often slows decisions and erodes momentum. Here’s how leaders can balance consultation with clear ownership and decisive action.
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Physics — Idea to Value
The Basics of a Good Induction Process
A good induction reassures new hires and helps them contribute quickly. Here’s a practical approach to onboarding that builds clarity, confidence, and momentum.
Engine — Creativity & Climate
The catalogue notebook — a quiet practice for thinking better over time
A catalogue notebook is neither diary nor to-do list. It is a personal archive of ideas, reflections, and plans — a quiet studio for thinking beyond meetings and frameworks.
Map — Orientation
Going From Vision to Reality
A compelling vision is the starting point for meaningful change. This article introduces the Painted Picture and how vision, clarity, alignment, and action shape organisational agility.
Wiring — Communication
Understanding the Drama Triangle at Work
The Drama Triangle describes three roles that appear in moments of conflict — Persecutor, Victim, Rescuer. In a single conversation, people can move between them without noticing. A practical lens for understanding how energy moves into politics rather than progress.
Flywheel — Learning & Practice
Notes on Coaching: What I’ve Learned in Practice
Coaching is often framed as questions versus answers, but in practice it is a mix of both. In this Studio essay, I share field notes on coaching as a discipline for helping people improve outcomes in work and organisations.
Engine — Creativity & Climate
Cash and Culture
Salary is a blunt instrument. Culture is the other side of the employment exchange. In this Studio essay, I explore cash and culture as two sides of the system that shapes why people join, stay, and leave organisations.
Wiring — Communication
A Broad Audience Is Not a Generic Audience
In every organisation, there is a moment when someone realises they need to speak to everyone at once. This is where many leaders stumble. They confuse broad with generic.
Wiring — Communication
The 5:15 Report
As teams grow, it becomes harder to stay connected to the reality of work. The 5:15 report is a lightweight sense-making loop—five prompts that compress progress, improvement, and mood into a readable signal.
Flywheel — Learning & Practice
Proximity to Excellence
Training spreads information. Proximity spreads judgement. Why being near excellence remains one of the most powerful ways to learn.
Map — Orientation
You Only Have One Priority
The word priority is singular for a reason. Focus is not a productivity hack but a philosophical stance: meaningful progress begins by choosing one thing over everything else.
Flywheel — Learning & Practice
Building a Learning Culture
Many leaders talk about building a learning culture. They invest in platforms, courses, certifications, dashboards. They measure hours, completions, compliance. And yet, very little changes.