Here’s an Idea Worth Playing With is the conversation space of Cultivated — a modern publishing house for better work.
This is where ideas begin.
In occasional short episode, I explore early-stage thinking: the questions, tensions, and half-formed insights that surface before ideas are ready to be written, taught, or codified. It is a place for thoughtful exploration — not finished arguments.
These are not polished frameworks or conclusions.
They are working ideas, shared in public as they take shape.
The series sits upstream of the published work — a thinking room where curiosity and ideas lead, and where new lines of thought are tested before they become part of the wider Cultivated body of work.
For people who enjoy reflective conversations about work, creativity, meaning, and how ideas are formed in the first place.
Not instruction.
Not performance.
But exploration.
A quiet place to think out loud — and see what might grow.
Latest Episodes
Where Meditations on Management Came From - Unfinished ideas, wintering, and the discipline of attention
Meditations on Management didn’t begin as a book.It began as fragments — unfinished articles, notes made between meetings, and observations that felt true enough to ke...
From Idea to Keynote: Five Lessons from Budapest
At 4 a.m. in Luton Airport, I head to Budapest to deliver a keynote — and along the way, unpack what it really takes to turn an idea into a valuable talk.In this trave...
The Power of Appearance: How Clothing Shapes First Impressions and Performance
In this episode of Here's An Idea Worth Playing With, I cover the science of clothing and appearance. Your clothes don’t just influence how others see you — they shape...
The Art of Noticing: How Creative Awareness Can Make You a Better Leader
In this episode of Here's An Idea Worth Playing With, I explore The Art of Noticing — a subtle but powerful skill that can separate effective leaders from the rest. Fa...
How to Build an Internal Coaching and Consulting Function That Drives Business Value
Internal coaching and consulting teams can be powerful assets — or costly afterthoughts. In this episode of Here's an idea worth playing with, we break down how to des...