A 1944 CIA sabotage manual reads like a modern corporate playbook. This essay explores how organisations unintentionally slow themselves down — and how leaders can release the friction that kills value.
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Dec 18, 2025
A Cultivated Studio field note on PMO posture, communication, and how portfolios turn ideas into value.
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Dec 11, 2025
An essay on Idea → Value as a sensemaking system, and why feedback circuits — not frameworks — determine organisational learning and value creation.
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Dec 04, 2025
An essay on why organisations mistake tools for progress, and why human systems — not platforms — determine whether ideas become value
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Dec 01, 2025
Paper changes how I think. In this Studio essay, I explore notebooks, handwriting, and analogue tools as a personal thinking system—intentional friction for attention, learning, and shaping ideas into something real.
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Nov 13, 2025
An essay on why spreadsheets cannot explain how organisations create value — and how people, communication, and craft shape what customers are willing to pay for.
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Nov 10, 2025
Most organisational problems are interpretive, not technical. In this Studio essay, I explore tone of voice as a leadership system — how language shapes meaning, alignment, and action inside organisations.
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Nov 06, 2025
A reflective essay on criticism, creative courage, and why stepping forward matters more than commentary from the sidelines.
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Oct 30, 2025
A reflective practitioner piece on keynotes as acts of value creation, exploring ideas, preparation, stories, and generosity as the foundations of resonant talks.
A reflective photo essay on commuting to London, walking the city with a Ricoh camera, and using travel as a quiet practice of noticing, thinking, and creating.
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