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.
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A podcast is the whole system in miniature
I was in a room of small business owners when one of them asked me to explain how ideas become value.
From Idea to Keynote: Designing for Attention and Value
A keynote is not a performance. It is an act of value creation — where a distilled idea meets scarce attention. How to design a talk that earns what the audience gives.
The Pillars of Life
Life cannot be balanced — only oriented. This essay explores the Pillars of Life: a way of looking at the tensions across the pillars that make us who we are.
The Power of Appearance: Simple Clothing Choices That Change How You Perform
We like to believe what we wear doesn't matter. It does — and not only in how others read us, but in how we perform ourselves. On the research into clothing, confidence and "enclothed cognition", and the small wardrobe of triggers I use to change gear.
The sound of thinking
A practical guide to using sound while you work — and knowing when to switch it off.
Teach, don't read the slides
People hand a workshop teacher the things they can't get back — time, energy, attention. On why running one is teaching, not facilitating, and the craft that difference demands.
A room at the end of the garden
Kitchen tables, rented desks, a damp garden shed that was never quite right. It took me a long time to see the problem wasn't me - it's that some spaces are built for thinking, and some for working. On why deliberate conditions matter, and how to build your own anywhere
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