Idea to Value (Physics)
Why People Think HR Is “Evil” — and Why HR Matters
HR is misunderstood in both directions. Why it feels adversarial, where management ends and HR begins, and what happens when that boundary gets crossed in either direction.
Rob Lambert
Learning & Practice (Flywheel)
How to Study Anything and Actually Learn It
Studying is not about collecting information. It is about transforming ideas into understanding through action, reflection, and teaching. Ten principles for genuinely learning anything.
studio
Berlin: Field Notes on Noticing
Noticing is one of the most valuable human skills—it shapes what we see, what we think, and what we create.
Creativity & Climate (Engine)
Why Paper Still Matters: Analogue Tools as Thinking Environments
Paper is not obsolete — it is thinking technology that has survived every digital revolution. A practical case for analogue tools as cognitive environments, not nostalgic curiosities.
Idea to Value (Physics)
Moving Low Performers Around Is Not Leadership
Moving low performers around avoids the problem without solving it. Why underperformance is a systemic signal — and what ethical ownership in leadership actually requires.
Communication (Wiring)
Active Listening Isn’t Just Tactics
A story about corporate active listening training, a vending machine in human form, and why technique without care often feels worse than no listening at all.
Orientation & Direction (Map)
The story I hadn't written yet
Adrift and driving cheap sports cars I couldn't afford, I wrote down the future I wanted after my first son was born. It wasn't manifestation. It was orientation — and everything downstream changed. The same thing works in work.
Communication (Wiring)
Why Competition in the Workplace Kills Communication
Internal competition silences truth and fractures teams. Why no one says anything useful when their competitor is in the room — and what cooperation produces instead.
essay
10 Rules for Working in My Studio
Simple rules for focus, respect, and creativity in a personal workspace — and why constraints create freedom. No fish.
Creativity & Climate (Engine)
Teams Need Heat — But the Right Kind
Capable people without direction remain potential. The forms of heat that turn teams into action — and why fear and competition cost more than they create.
Communication (Wiring)
Time Speak
Vague commitments erode trust before they are even broken. Time Speak is a simple communication habit — say what you will do and when — that compounds into genuine reliability.
Orientation & Direction (Map)
Leadership as a Chapter in a Bigger Story
Every organisation is a book being written. The question for every leader is the same: what do you want your chapter to say? On narrative, clarity, and team growth.