Thinking

Notes on behaviour, culture and the line.

Short reads on what actually moves culture — drawn from the research, and from a few hundred rooms.

Published

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Notes on behaviour, culture and the line — plus new research when it's published. No noise, unsubscribe any time.

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Method

Why your values statement isn't changing anything

Words on a wall don't move behaviour. What does — and why agreement is the step everyone skips.

5 min read · coming soon
Facilitation

The most valuable card is the one you can't agree on

When a team gets stuck on a behaviour, that's not a problem to move past. That's the conversation.

4 min read · coming soon
Culture

Compliance vs commitment

Two words that look alike on a survey and behave nothing alike in a real team.

6 min read · coming soon
Method

Nothing stays on the line

Why the rule that sounds like a technicality is the one that makes the session work.

4 min read · coming soon
Research

It's not bad — just too often

The single reframe that lets a team criticise a behaviour without anyone getting defensive.

5 min read · coming soon

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