Engine — Creativity & Climate
Organisations are not machines
We borrowed our language for organisations from the factory floor. But the parts that decide whether good work happens are the parts no machine can see.
Rob Lambert
Engine — Creativity & Climate
The anti-role model
We give a great deal of attention to the people we want to be like. The people we'd hate to become are teaching us something too — if we choose to look.
Engine — Creativity & Climate
You are more than your job
It's 3pm on a Tuesday. The meeting isn't terrible. The job isn't terrible. But a small voice keeps appearing: is this really all of me?
Engine — Creativity & Climate
Being an Amateur
We often use amateur as an insult at work. But the word comes from the Latin for lover — and Vivian Maier's story shows exactly why that matters.
Flywheel — Learning & Practice
Learning is the ultimate advantage
Working life is where you get gradually better at what you already know how to do. On learning as a practice, not an event.
Flywheel — Learning & Practice
How to lead with curiosity
The meeting moved on. Someone named the problem, proposed the solution, and the room agreed. Six months later, it turns out you were right. On developing curiosity as a practice — whether anyone listens or not.
Engine — Creativity & Climate
The conditions behind great creative work
For creativity to emerge it typically needs a different question: how do we discover what might be possible? That requires different conditions. Less friction. More trust. More room for work that can't yet prove its value in a spreadsheet.
Engine — Creativity & Climate
How learning to see is the art of generating ideas (Word at Work)
We use the word idea casually. But it traces back to a Greek verb meaning to see — and that changes how we understand what ideas actually are, and where they come from.
Wiring — Communication
First impressions
He appeared from the site office as I walked onto the lot. My verdict arrived before he'd opened his mouth. First impressions really are made in an instant — and the research on how to influence them is worth knowing
meeting notes
Hope, spirit and belief - Meeting Notes
Meeting Notes is Cultivated's weekly letter — Sent Sunday, also in the members' archive. This week: Restoring hope, spirit and belief in work.
Wiring — Communication
Animal Communication Styles: Lion, T-Rex, Mouse and Monkey Explained
A practical breakdown of the Lion, T-Rex, Mouse and Monkey communication styles—and how to adapt your behaviour for clearer, more effective communication at work.
meeting notes
Impact, Letters and Noise - Meeting Notes
Meeting Notes is Cultivated's weekly letter — Sent Sunday, also in the members' archive. This week: Writing letters, impact and noise.