Learning & Practice (Flywheel)
How I Manage What I Learn
Collecting isn't learning. A personal knowledge system — Capture, Curate, Crunch, Contribute — for turning what you read into what you do.
studio
Communication (Wiring)
The talk that ate the afternoon
Here's how to structure a talk with a two-pound stack of index cards - plus the full step-by-step method, free to read in a complimentary edition of The Department of Interesting Things.
Communication (Wiring)
More than meets the eye
A five-part spine for writing a change narrative people can see themselves in - plus free edition of The Department of Interesting Things, the canvas, templates and workshop guide.
Idea to Value (Physics)
Agile PMO — seven principles for clarity and value flow
I rarely use the word "Agile." It carries too much baggage. And yet, not a month goes by without someone asking about an "Agile PMO."
Communication (Wiring)
No one reads everything
A broad audience is not a generic one. Why so much internal communication never lands — and how to build it like a newspaper, in sections people actually read.
Learning & Practice (Flywheel)
Field Notes about coaching — and building a coaching function
Field notes from doing it - coaching people, and building and running the internal teams that coach for a living. A few notes that I've found matter.
studio
To Flâneur: Wandering as a Practice of Attention and Creativity
To flâner is to wander without agenda—to explore, notice, and let the world arrive without instruction. In this Studio essay, I reflect on wandering as a practice for creativity, attention, and making space for ideas.
Idea to Value (Physics)
What's this standing order for?
Busy, spending money, and no nearer where you meant to go. On the thread from investment to activity to value — and what lean portfolio management is really there to protect.