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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The Messy Middle: What Startups and Stories Have in Common
A good startup unfolds like a good story — fast beginnings, long messy middles, and endings that change us. This essay explores why meaning lives in the middle, and why those who’ve written one story often feel the pull to begin again.
PMO Principles for Clarity and Value Flow
A Cultivated Studio field note on PMO posture, communication, and how portfolios turn ideas into value.
Paper as a Thinking System
Paper changes how I think. In this Studio essay, I explore notebooks, handwriting, and analogue tools as a personal thinking system—intentional friction for attention, learning, and shaping ideas into something real.
Tone of Voice as a Leadership System
Most organisational problems are interpretive, not technical. In this Studio essay, I explore tone of voice as a leadership system — how language shapes meaning, alignment, and action inside organisations.
Notes on Coaching: What I’ve Learned in Practice
Coaching is often framed as questions versus answers, but in practice it is a mix of both. In this Studio essay, I share field notes on coaching as a discipline for helping people improve outcomes in work and organisations.
Cash and Culture
Salary is a blunt instrument. Culture is the other side of the employment exchange. In this Studio essay, I explore cash and culture as two sides of the system that shapes why people join, stay, and leave organisations.