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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.

A photo of Rob Lambert organising a talk using index cards

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.

A photo of an Optimus Prime model - The Transformers - Photo by tommao wang / Unsplash

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.

A photo of a notebook with the word plan on the front

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."

An old photo of someone printing a paper using a press - from Tidningstryckning by Andersson, Arne - Bohuslän Museum, Sweden - Public Domain.

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.

An old photo of a sports coach with players - from : Võrkpallitreener Vello Truumaa õpilastega - Estonian Sports and Olympic Museum, Estonia - CC0.

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.

A photo of some field over looking the front car window

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.

An old photo of people fishing in Greece.

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.

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