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The Rule of 150: Why Growing Organisations Lose Their Story

The Rule of 150 is not really about headcount. It is about the moment when shared meaning stops travelling naturally — when the story that once held everything together begins to thin. A practical exploration of what organisations lose as they grow, and how to protect it.

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On Courage

The word courage comes from the Latin cor — the heart. To listen to what your heart is telling you and to follow it. Not the cinematic version. The quieter, more subversive original meaning. A personal reflection on courage as attention rather than performance.

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How Ideas Spread at Work

Ideas don't create value on their own. Artefacts do. A podcast became a poem became a zine. That's how ideas actually travel — and why making something from your thinking is the most important creative act.

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The Messy Middle: What Startups and Stories Have in Common

A good startup, like a good story, often begins quickly. Then comes the middle — the part no one can skip, no pitch deck can summarise, and no one warned you about. A reflection on what the messy middle really asks of the people inside it.

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Frustration Is a Signal: Why Apathy Is the Real Leadership Failure

Frustration is energy with nowhere to go. Apathy is energy that has already left. One is a signal worth listening to. The other is a warning you may have already missed.

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Mechanisms Exist to Support Outcomes

We are drawn to mechanisms. Frameworks. Methods. Processes. But mechanisms are internal cost. Outcomes are external value. A short, sharp essay on why clarity of purpose must come before any debate about method.

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Learning as a Career System

We often talk about learning as something we consume. But learning only becomes meaningful when it changes behaviour.