Learning & Practice (Flywheel)
Learning as a Career System
We often talk about learning as something we consume. But learning only becomes meaningful when it changes behaviour.
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Idea to Value (Physics)
Agile PMO — seven principles for clarity and value flow
I rarely use the word "Agile." It carries too much baggage. And yet, not a month goes by without someone asking about an "Agile PMO."
Learning & Practice (Flywheel)
How Ideas Become Knowledge, and Knowledge Becomes Value
Idea to Value is often mistaken for a delivery model. It is not. It does not prescribe agile, waterfall, or portfolio mechanics. It is a way of seeing.
Idea to Value (Physics)
Why technology becomes an obligation — and what to do first
In every workshop or leadership conversation, someone asks the same question: "What technology would you recommend to solve our problems?" There is always a new option. Always a silver bullet.
Creativity & Climate (Engine)
My analogue thinking system
I use a lot of paper. Not out of nostalgia. Not out of rebellion against digital tools. I use paper because it changes how I think.
Idea to Value (Physics)
Mistaking the Map for the Territory
The economic premise beneath the Idea to Value system is simple: financial value appears only when we create something worth paying for — and someone is willing to pay for it. Everything else inside an organisation is cost.
Communication (Wiring)
Tone of Voice as a Leadership System
Most organisational problems are not technical. They are interpretive. People misunderstand intent, fill gaps with assumptions, and react to tone as much as content.
Creativity & Climate (Engine)
Jump into the void
After a keynote last week, someone approached me with feedback that was, shall we say, unvarnished. This happens. There is always someone compelled to offer what I now think of as inflicted help.
Idea to Value (Physics)
From Idea to Keynote: Designing for Attention and Value
A keynote is not a performance. It is an act of value creation — where a distilled idea meets scarce attention. How to design a talk that earns what the audience gives.
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London commute — a photo essay on creative practice in transit
I don't often go into an office. Most of my work happens through video calls, across time zones, with people I rarely meet in person. When I do go in, it's usually London.
Communication (Wiring)
The Quiet Discipline of Teaching Well
Teaching in professional settings is less about charisma and more about structure, intention, and respect for attention. This practitioner reflection explores what makes teaching effective at work.
Orientation & Direction (Map)
Goals as Bridges Between Idea and Value
Most organisations talk about goals as if they are administrative necessities — set in quarterly cycles, tracked in dashboards, reviewed in performance conversations. Yet quietly, almost invisibly, goals perform a deeper function.