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Cultivated is a small British publisher and studio. Books, films, letters, workshops and talks about making room for potential in people, ideas and work. Made in Winchester by Rob Lambert.

Rob Lambert leaning over a table in his studio, arranging index cards for a talk
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Before
the Stage

Five short videos and five guides. The part of a good talk that happens first.

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Rob Lambert on a sofa holding a stack of books
Now live · No. 01, Autumn

A List of
Good Things

A free printed catalogue of things worth having, reading, watching, using and visiting.

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The regulars
A hand stirring a flat white beside an open notebook on a café tableEvery SundayMeeting
Notes The letter. One good idea, from my desk to yours. Join free → Every week · The Word at Work cul·ti·vate /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ verb cultivate To tend, not to force. One word we use at work, where it came from, and what it says about how we work. Watch → An Olivetti typewriter on a wood and resin desk, seen from aboveEvery month · Studiothe department of interesting things One ordinary object, turned into a method you can use at work. Join the Studio → A fan of carbon-copy shipping forecast forms on a deskAs it happens · Instagram@simplylambert The making, as it happens. Notebooks, typewriters, photo walks. Follow →

The essays

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An essay by Rob Lambert Sitting next to NELLIE Learning On learning a job by sitting near someone who’s very good at it. Read → A wide marsh and a village church seen through the dark slot of a bird hide An essay by Rob Lambert A man called OBVIOUS Ideas and value The answer was in plain sight. It usually is. Read → Looking up at a glass ceiling divided into a grid of square panes, an iron balustrade below An essay by Rob Lambert The space between the BOXES Communication Most problems at work aren’t people problems. Read → The archive Every essay, free to read. On ideas, work, learning and making. Start anywhere. Browse the essays →

The shelf

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A chalkboard sketch of the five Idea to Value layers, beside a stack of books The Life
of an Idea The Life of an Idea Field guide · 83 pages£5.99 Rob Lambert working at his desk at home by the windowFrom Idea to
Sustainable
Work From Idea to Sustainable Work Field guide · 20 principles£5.99 Rob Lambert stretched out on the lawn in his garden, reading a bookTake a
Day Off Take a Day Off Zine · 130+ pagesFrom £8.99 A busy workshop room, people gathered round a long table covered in cards and papersWorkshop
Mastery Workshop Mastery Field guide · 121 pages, with a plan£8.99
Portrait of Rob Lambert, arms folded, looking straight at the camera
About

Made by Rob Lambert, in Winchester.

Journalist, filmmaker, VP of Technology, VP of HR, Consultant, Educator. In every one of those roles, the work came back to the same thing: painting a picture of a better future, and helping people get there.

Cultivated is where that work lives now. The books, the films, the letters and the workshops, and the advisory work with teams who want to imagine more.

250+ workshops taught · 1,000+ initiatives in the portfolio

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Rob Lambert speaking on a conference stageGiving a talk→ A workshop room of people cheering with their arms in the airLeading a team→ A single railway line running away into woodlandMoving an idea forward→ A row of traffic cones at the edge of a woodland pathImproving understanding→

Studio

The members’ club. Every month, the Department of Interesting Things, plus essays just for members, seminars and a direct line to me.

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Five percent of profit from the books, workshops and membership is given each year to Naomi House — the hospice caring for life-limited children and their families. Because every system should create value beyond profit.