We spend over 90,000+ hours at work in our lifetime
I want you to get the best from this time by developing the superpower skills of creativity, learning, and communication. Doing so will elevate your career, help you and your organisation move ideas into value faster, and, ideally, make the journey more enjoyable too.
On this page are courses, books, funny diaries, insightful guides and more. Enjoy:
- Courses — step-by-step, behaviour-driven learning
- Books — insights and frameworks to inspire and guide action
- Free Resources — tools and tips to apply immediately
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Featured Products
Communication Super Power Course
Unlock Your Communication Superpower with the online version of my Award-Winning flagship Communication Workshop.
Advance your career and enhance your personal life with this flexible, self-paced online communication course.
Learn to communicate with clarity, confidence, and influence.
Based on my acclaimed workshop, this course provides practical skills you can apply immediately.
Workshop Mastery - the art and craft of teaching what you know
Do you have valuable knowledge to share, but aren't sure how to effectively teach it to others?
Workshop Mastery is your essential guide to designing, running, and teaching workshops that leave a lasting impact.
👉 Find out more about Workshop Mastery
Zero to Keynote - become a sought after speaker
Learn how to overcome the fear of public speaking, go from idea to talk, get your submission accepted, deal with speaker's remorse - and structure, then deliver, a talk worthy of being a Keynote in Zero to Keynote.
I demystify the whole process from finding conferences to speak at – to the logistics and delivery of great talks.
Available in both print and digital editions.
👉 Find out more about Zero to Keynote
The Tech Portfolio Field Guide: Clarify, Align, and Deliver Value at Scale
A practical, principle based, guide to help leaders prioritise initiatives, align strategy, and accelerate delivery across complex tech portfolios.
Learn how to:
- How to map initiatives to strategic value - and out to value
- Portfolio prioritisation and alignment techniques
- Leadership behaviours that unblock teams and enable agility
- Practical ways to embed learning and continuous improvement
- How to use experiments and creative activity to spark innovation
👉 Find out more about the Tech Portfolio Field Guide
Take a Day Off - a siren call against the grind of always working
Take a Day Off is a collection of stories, poems, and ideas about living a good work life — ignoring the masses and making time for yourself.
Meet Colin, who never took a day off until his body forced him to. Malcolm, who learned a karmic lesson from some seagulls. And Prickles, the mischievous cat who kept everyone on their toes.
Each chapter includes two posters: one "designed" and one "urban and gritty," reflecting the dual nature of work life. All artwork created by the author.
Available as a printed book (UK only) or digital download (Global).
👉 Find out more about the book
The 10 Behaviours of Effective Employees
The 10 Behaviours of Effective Employees is my flagship foundational work on culture shifts, and tactics to cultivate positive workplaces.
Behaviours are what matter in work - and the sum of everyone's behaviours is the culture of your organisation.
This is available as a free eBook, a coaching workbook for managers and individuals, and as a workshop for your organisation
👉 Find out more about the book, the coaching plan and workshop
Join our company - The Ultimate Field Manual for Hiring Success
In Join our Company I take my years of experience from hiring hundreds of people, and condense it down to a simple field manual for any manager or HR team who are trying to attract the right technical candidates, convince them to join your company and then on-boarding them with care and dignity.
Although aimed at Technology hiring managers, the advice in this book is suitable for anyone hiring.
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Buy NowRemaining Relevant and Employable
Remaining relevant and employable in today’s job market is hard work. And that’s assuming you know what you want to do for a career.
Just keeping up with the latest trends in your industry can be hard enough, let alone needing to keep your CV up-to-date and apply for jobs.
In Remaining Relevant I explore how to stay ahead and remain relevant in a changing world of work.
Buy Remaining RelevantFree Books, Resources and Guides
Forget Time Management - Energy & Attention is Where It's At
Time doesn't respond well to being managed. It just goes by. It's finite and outside of our control. Energy and attention on the other hand is the key to balance, productivity and focus.
In Forget Time Management I begin by delving into the core philosophy: understanding the very essence of what fuels you, and what drains you. This self-awareness is the bedrock upon which true productivity is built.
The second half transitions from theory to practice, offering tangible strategies for managers and leaders to maximise their daily potential. Because crafting the perfect schedule is futile if you lack the energy to execute it.
The Diary of a Manager
Inspired by the legendary Victorian book, The Diary of a Nobody, this is a diary of a manager who becomes a scape goat for a bad company.
This book is a fun way to explore what are serious topics.
Topics that, here at Cultivated Management, we believe need addressing through better management and HR, clearer communication and the focus on building companies that enrich the lives of all who work in them.
30 Ideas to Fuel Your Creative Thinking
This free eBook is the result of a failed creative experiment on LinkedIn.
What was supposed to be a pop-up newsletter, in which, for 30 days, I was going to share an idea about the creative process each day, became this book instead.
It's available as a PDF download or in the super cool online version in Fold.
👉 Read the corresponding article here
👉 Read the guide over on Fold.
Cultivated Creativity 2025
30 ideas to fuel your creative thinking
Cultivated Creativity 2025.pdf
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How to Generate Conference Talk Ideas
This download is a free chapter from my book Zero to Keynote. It contains several ideas for generating conference talk themes or topics.
Immediate PDF download.
How to Survive a Conference
I absolutely love attending conferences and helping people learn how to speak from the stage. But, there are also plenty of people who attend conferences without the speaking gig.
This mini fun free guide is all about looking after yourself at conferences, and getting the most from them.
Cultivated Clarity - Thinking Tool
This simple but effective thinking tool can help you get unstuck - especially when you are receiving multiple mis-directions, competing demands and/or feel like you're busy on the wrong things. Quite common.
This simple tool helps you to get further clarity and alignment, so the right action can happen. Immediate free PDF Download.
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