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The 5:15 Report

As teams grow, it becomes harder to stay connected to the reality of work. The 5:15 report is a lightweight sense-making loop—five prompts that compress progress, improvement, and mood into a readable signal.
Rob Lambert 14 Apr 2025
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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.
Rob Lambert 03 Feb 2025
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Berlin: Field Notes on Noticing

Noticing is one of the most valuable human skills—it shapes what we see, what we think, and what we create.
Rob Lambert 19 Nov 2024
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Lacking Context & Inviting Meaning

Old photographs rarely come with explanations. They arrive as fragments—places, faces, moments—detached from the intentions of the person who took them.
Rob Lambert 01 Oct 2024
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Field Notes from Hospitality

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.
Rob Lambert 12 Aug 2024

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