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Essays on learning ecosystems, high-performing teams, and organisational capability. New work publishes here first. For a conversation about something you read: Tom (APAC) · Janna (Europe).

2026.04.21

Consilium: a point of view workout (from Midnight Labs)

From learning ecosystems to a personal practice: Consilium, judgement that compounds, and why we built an instrument instead of another chat.

essay · 6 min
2026.03.07

What's so funny 'bout context, knowledge and understanding

The gap between what we know and what we can act on often comes down to context. How shared understanding develops, and why it matters for teams.

essay · 7 min
2026.02.20

Learning ecosystems in the age of AI

AI changes what L&D is for. Not more content, but the conditions for the judgment AI can't replicate. The piece ties to our ecosystem blueprint.

essay · 5 min
2026.02.03

Why capability doesn't scale through programs

Programs are interventions, not environments. Capability lives in the conditions around the work, not in the course.

essay · 6 min
2025.12.18

Learning together is the work

The most durable learning happens between people. When learning becomes private, shared understanding erodes quietly.

essay · 4 min
2025.12.11

Can self-assessments really track human development?

Early learners rate themselves high because they lack the criteria to judge. What useful development data actually looks like.

essay · 7 min
2025.12.05

Beyond the skills ledger

Developmental range and the shape of organisational capability. Skills tell you where people were. Range tells you how they got there.

essay · 6 min
2024.05.30

Peer consulting, multiple entry points, and time management

Structures that make collective sensemaking part of normal work, not an add-on.

essay · 8 min
2024.05.23

Toxic bosses, range, and how to learn faster

What the environment teaches when feedback structures are broken, and what changes when they're designed deliberately.

essay · 9 min
2024.05.15

Adaptive this, adaptive that, and task switching

The cost of context-switching and what it means for how we design work and learning.

essay · 7 min