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How Ideas Spread at Work (and Why Sharing Matters More Than You Think)

Ideas rarely create value on their own. They create value when we make something from them — and share that work generously. This short reflection explores how ideas spread, morph, and grow inside organisations, often in ways we never fully see.

The power to enrich lives in the workplace

Leadership is not only about direction or outcomes — it’s about the effect we have on people. Drawing on Laura Archera Huxley’s You Are Not the Target, this note reflects on care, influence, and the quiet responsibility of shaping the emotional climate around us.

Creativity Is a Climate Problem

Creativity isn’t a personality trait or a nice-to-have. It’s a response to the environment we work in. This essay explores why creativity is a climate problem — and how leaders can design the conditions where care, ideas, and value can flourish.

Your Career as an Idea → Value System

Learn how to apply the Idea → Value system to your career. A practical way to think about learning, behaviour change, and employability at work.

Agile PMO Principles: How Communication Turns Ideas into Value

What does an “Agile PMO” actually mean in practice? In this edition of Meeting Notes, I share the quiet principles behind effective delivery — why communication matters more than tools, why clarity reduces cost, and how teams move work from idea to value without the illusion of control.

How Ideas Become Knowledge, and Knowledge Becomes Value

In this newsletter, I explore the idea of Circuits of Knowledge — the feedback loops running through every stage of the Idea → Value system. When these circuits are completed, knowledge forms, capability grows, and value increases. When they’re broken, teams repeat the same patterns year after year.

Announcing the Launch of Meditations on Management

Learn how to become a better manager with Meditations on Management — a free book of practical ideas and wisdom for modern managers.

The Temptation of Technology

Technology is always offered as the answer. It begins as an option, then quietly becomes an obligation. But most problems at work aren’t technical — they’re human.

Mistaking the Map for the Territory: What Spreadsheets Miss About Value

Leaders who manage by spreadsheet mistake the map for the territory. Real value comes from people, quality, and purpose—not just cost reduction.

Jump into the void

When you take risks, share your work, or lead change, someone will always criticise from the sidelines. Keep building anyway. In this reflection, I explore why courage, curiosity, and creative work need no explanation — only action.

How to Turn an Idea Into a Talk That Truly Resonates

Every great talk starts with an idea — but what makes it truly resonate? In this reflection from my Budapest keynote, I share five lessons on turning ideas into talks that connect, inspire, and create real value — drawn from my Zero to Keynote book and Idea to Value course.

Winning Charm Optional: Make Your Workshops Clear, Engaging, and Actionable

Hey, I hope you’re safe and well. Things are pretty busy here — I’m getting ready for a Keynote in Budapest in two weeks and looking forward to it. In case you missed it, I did a video on how I plan, prep and rehearse for a Keynote (using

Goals Aren’t just for Doing: They’re for Growing

Most business goals fail because they focus on activity, not growth. Learn how to set outcome-based goals that solve problems, drive value, and give teams freedom to innovate, turning ideas into impactful products and services.

The Art of Bricolage: How Leaders and Managers Create Value From Limits and Constraints (Meeting Notes)

Discover how the concept of bricolage — creating from what you have — applies to management. Learn how resilient leaders build teams, adapt under constraints, and turn diverse skills into high-performing results.