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Careers don’t move by charisma or luck alone. They move through systems of value, clarity, relationships, and behaviour. A systems view of how advancement actually happens inside organisations.

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A reflective Studio note on personal knowledge management, learning systems, and the instruments that help ideas become understanding.

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A 1944 CIA sabotage manual reads like a modern corporate playbook. This essay explores how organisations unintentionally slow themselves down — and how leaders can release the friction that kills value.

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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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A Cultivated framework for leading organisational change through narrative. This playbook defines a canonical narrative spine and explains how narrative acts as infrastructure for aligning people, decisions, and action.

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A long-form essay on noticing, movement, and making sense of complexity — through travel, work, and the quiet principles that make both more humane.

Tech Portfolio Field Guide — Studio Edition

The working field guide behind the Tech Portfolio Library Edition, including principles, templates, governance rhythms, and editor’s field notes.

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A Studio companion to the Cultivated canon on creative rhythm. This piece introduces a Creative Operating System and a five-level maturity model for turning attention, insight, and practice into enduring work.

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When everything is a priority, nothing truly is. This essay explores how competing initiatives erode trust, exhaust teams, and stall value — and why clarity is one of leadership’s deepest acts of care.

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