Cultivated

A reflective guide to Principle Three of the Idea → Value lens — using current reality, evidence, and root-cause thinking to identify the obstacles that sit between today and a compelling future.

A reflective exploration of the Idea → Value principle of painting a compelling picture of the future — connecting purpose, communication, and measurable goals to guide organisations toward meaningful direction.

A reflective exploration of the first Idea → Value principle — understanding why financial value is external, how internal work becomes cost, and how mapping the journey from idea to value reveals opportunities for clarity and flow.

The opening session of The Full System Sessions — introducing the Idea → Value lens, shared terminology, and the core model for understanding how work becomes realised value inside organisations.

A simple calligraphy pen introduced friction, boundaries, and intention into my thinking. This note explores how small physical tools can subtly change the pace, texture, and quality of our work — not through optimisation, but through boundaries, surface and friction.

Two simple practices — reading and writing — that improve how we think, speak, and convey meaning at work.

Careers don’t move by charisma or luck alone. They move through systems of value, clarity, relationships, and behaviour. A systems view of how advancement actually happens inside organisations.

A reflective Studio note on personal knowledge management, learning systems, and the instruments that help ideas become understanding.

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.