Bravery and Conformity — A Behaviour That Shapes Organisational Culture
Why bravery in organisations is not about bravado, but about challenging conformity. A Cultivated Notes reflection on behaviour, culture, and how ideas become value.
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The Vending Machine Method: Constraint, Choice, and Organisational Focus
Most organisations lack focus, not effort. This Cultivated Notes reflection introduces the Vending Machine Method, a physical approach to naming, constraining, and choosing problems so teams can align attention and move from noise to value.
Structure Before Style: What Workshops Leave Behind
Many workshops stumble not because the content is poor, but because the learning structure fragments understanding. This Cultivated Notes reflection explores how structure shapes what learners retain, connect, and carry forward.
On Giving Books: Care, Creativity, and the Quiet Signal of Belief
Some books stay with us not only for what they say, but for when they arrive in our lives. This Cultivated Notes reflection explores the act of giving a book as a quiet form of care, creativity, and belief in someone’s future.
The Four Types of Value (and Why Clarity Matters)
A foundational Idea → Value concept: four categories of value that organisations pursue—only one of which directly generates revenue. This Cultivated Notes explainer clarifies how to distinguish effort from impact and create a shared language for teams.
The power to enrich lives in the workplace
Those who hold influence often discover they shape people more than they realise. This Cultivated Notes essay reflects on care, responsibility, and the quiet power leaders carry in shaping the emotional climate around them.
Creativity Is a Climate Problem
Most organisations don’t lack ideas—they lack climates where ideas can survive. This Cultivated Library essay reframes creativity as an environmental condition and leadership as the design of meaning, space, attention, safety, and constraints.