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Rob Lambert

Rob Lambert

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How to Build an Internal Coaching or Consulting Function That Delivers Value

Internal coaching teams can be strategic force multipliers — or expensive hobbies. This guide outlines practical principles for building internal coaching and consulting functions that deliver real business value.

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We are sabotaging our own workplaces (accidentally)

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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Learning Is Behaviour Change

Training doesn’t change organisations. Behaviour does. A systems view on why most learning fails — and how to design learning that actually sticks.

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Efficiency vs Effectiveness: Why Being Effective Comes First

Efficiency without effectiveness is organisational theatre. Focus on delivering value first — then optimise. A systems view on why effectiveness always comes before efficiency.

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To Flâneur: Wandering as a Practice of Attention and Creativity

To flâner is to wander without agenda—to explore, notice, and let the world arrive without instruction. In this Studio essay, I reflect on wandering as a practice for creativity, attention, and making space for ideas.

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How to Get Your Conference Talk Accepted

A step-by-step guide to submitting conference talks with clarity and intent—covering CFPs, proposal structure, and speaker psychology.

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How to Work With People Who Hold Strong Opinions

Strong opinions are inevitable in knowledge work. This essay explores how leaders can navigate conviction with clarity, humility, and effective communication.