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creativity

 |  studio  | Aug 12, 2024
A photo of a beach in Greece

On a recent trip, I became curious about how a large hotel actually operated. These are field notes from hospitality—lessons on clarity, alignment, communication, and how work really flows in practice.

A photo of a calm studio for space and time

Creativity isn’t a brainstorm. It’s a working rhythm: space to notice, time to explore, then the discipline to build — again and again.

A photo of some headphones - Photo by C D-X / Unsplash

An essay on music, silence, and how rhythm shapes attention, mood, and the experience of modern work.

A photo of Ingleton, The Yorkshire Dales

A reflective essay on escape, attention, and creativity at work — using an old leisure model to explore why capable people disengage, and what it takes to move from numbing distraction back to meaningful creation.

The Eight Intelligences We Need at Work

Most workplaces have long rewarded one narrow form of intelligence. But there are at least eight — and the best organisations know how to recognise and use them all.

A photo of the River Danube in Budapest, Hungary

Dreams power organisations forward. Management exists not to suppress them, but to protect the conditions in which imagination, creativity, and value can emerge.

A photo of some cows in a field

We often celebrate individual genius, but most meaningful work is created collectively. Creativity is less about brilliance and more about noticing, combining, and bringing ideas to life.

A photo of the cityscape of Berlin, Germany

Most organisational problems are not technical failures, but failures of clarity, alignment, and communication. This essay explores why clarity creates alignment, alignment generates momentum, and momentum is how ideas become value.

A photo through a Greenhouse window of the fields of Lincolnshire

Creativity in organisations is not about generating more ideas. It is about seeing problems differently. This essay explores lateral thinking and Edward de Bono’s PO method as a practical way to unlock new paths to value.

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