Why People Think HR Is “Evil” — and Why HR Matters
HR is often misunderstood as restrictive or adversarial. This article explores why HR feels frustrating, what its real role is, and how managers and organisations should work with HR effectively.
Rob Lambert
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 contribution. This essay explores how to study deeply and learn for life.
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.
Paper as Thinking Infrastructure: Why Analogue Still Matters
Analogue tools are more than nostalgic objects. They are cognitive environments that shape attention, learning, and creativity. This essay explores why paper remains essential in a digital world.
Sensemaking and Flow: How Ideas Become Value in Organisations
Releasing Agility helps organisations understand where they are going and what is in the way. Idea → Value is a lens for understanding how ideas become outcomes inside complex systems. Together, they form the Cultivated spine for sensemaking, flow, and organisational movement.
Moving Low Performers Around Is Not Leadership
Why shuffling low performers between teams is a systemic leadership failure — and what ethical ownership in organisations actually requires.
Active Listening Isn’t Just Tactics
A story about performative listening, corporate training, and why technique without care feels worse than no listening at all.