This one’s about change. Not the big dramatic kind, but the quiet, steady, slightly awkward kind most of us muddle through. medium.com/@noelito/how...

This unexpected story of joy and representation says a lot about what real inclusion feels like: medium.com/@attilavago/...

What if we swapped jobs—not just to understand each other better, but to reimagine how organisations could work? Just a thought experiment, but maybe not a far-fetched one. medium.com/@noelito/wha...

Sometimes you have to hit reset. Sometimes you get forced to. Either way, there’s power in pause. medium.com/@noelito/ctr...

🌱 Teaching sustainable business models in 2025? These five reflections hit the sweet spot between ambition and humility: razgo.medium.com/five-lessons...

Sometimes the best way to design for the future is to imagine the worst. A powerful Black Mirror exercise. matthewlarn.medium.com/the-black-mi...

Some mornings I wake up and think, “is this it?” Other mornings, it’s “what could today make possible?” This post is a little of both. medium.com/@noelito/how...

Some things stay with you. A moment, a place, or something someone said. This piece reflects on what happens when people disappear—physically or emotionally—and the quiet spaces they leave behind. medium.com/@noelito/out...

It started as an idea about storytelling and work. Then I realised I was writing about dignity. About who gets to define what “making a living” looks like. medium.com/@noelito/tel...

East Midlands sets out an inclusive growth commission — lessons for every region. www.thersa.org/design-for-l...

There’s a version of this post where I talk about frameworks. Instead, I ended up reflecting on uncertainty, agency, and figuring things out one foggy step at a time. medium.com/@noelito/how...

Rainbows, mud pools, waterfalls — sometimes wonder is the only travel itinerary we need. medium.com/true-travel-...

Who governs shapes how states adapt. Gender lenses open up new possibilities in political economy. medium.com/iipp-blog/do...

Scenarios aren't just about planning. They’re about perspective. This piece shares what they’ve helped me understand about possibilities—and how they help me zoom out. medium.com/@noelito/wha...

Five pathways toward a regenerative built environment — a call to remake how we inhabit the world. provocations.darkmatterlabs.org/where-to-fiv...

I used to think system change had to be dramatic. But more often, it’s the quiet, persistent steps that shift things. Three small moves that helped me see change differently: medium.com/@noelito/how...

Taleb reminds us: we inhabit a fragile, uncertain world where probabilities often mislead more than they guide. nntaleb.medium.com/the-world-in...

Digital healthcare isn’t just about apps — it’s about reshaping how care itself is imagined and delivered. James Plunkett explores why. medium.com/@jamestplunk...

This is me thinking out loud after reading Rebel Ideas. What happens when we build teams full of agreement—and how we might do things differently. medium.com/@noelito/reb...

🕊️ Quietly radical, in the right direction. Another elegant and grounded reflection from @jamestplunkett — for anyone nudging at the edges of systems: medium.com/@jamestplunk...

When you work online, a lot gets lost in translation. This piece is part therapy, part toolkit—on how to make online collaboration feel a little more human. medium.com/@noelito/usi...

This started as a joke about waffles. It ended up being about awards, validation, and who gets to feel seen medium.com/@noelito/waf...

📚 “The future needs better storytellers.” On narrative, nuance and how our imagination limits our policy choices: enaeva.substack.com/p/the-future...

Some people are always away. Some are always home. I’m somewhere in the middle. This post is a personal attempt to figure out why that is. medium.com/@noelito/do-...

Every now and then I fall down the rabbit hole of: “What does it even mean to live well now?” This piece tries to make some sense of that. medium.com/@noelito/how...

Systems change isn’t abstract — it’s practical tools for working differently together. NPC’s toolkit is a gift for anyone tackling complexity. www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub...

“Archaeology isn’t neutral—it’s been used to build nationalist myths. This essay on 19th-century Italy shows how history gets weaponised.” medium.com/the-academic...

This post was meant to be practical. It ended up being a bit existential. How do you keep going when you’ve got no idea how? medium.com/@noelito/how...

Sometimes the story of how we make a living gets in the way of how we live. This piece started as an observation and became something more personal. medium.com/@noelito/tel...

“A fairy tale reimagined: Beauty and the Beast retold with fresh eyes. Proof that old stories still hold new truths.” medium.com/@samuelbelle...

🏘️ Welcome to Transition Village. Not utopian, but doable. A sketch of how a neighbourhood could live differently — and better: medium.com/siirtym%C3%A...

We often get caught in what could go wrong. But what if we explored different futures by imagining what might be possible? A few lessons from scenario planning that have stuck with me medium.com/@noelito/wha...

🧓 Design like an ancestor. This provocation from the Professional Human Collective will sit with you — and your strategy slides: professionalhumancollective.medium.com/designing-li...

Change doesn’t always come in leaps. Often, it’s three small steps at a time. Shared a few reflections here on how that’s worked (or not) for me. medium.com/@noelito/how...

Sometimes joy is the best form of public infrastructure. www.trendwatching.com/innovations/...

If Christmas were invented now…Would it look like an Amazon Prime drop? A digital detox? A local food festival? A playful thought experiment on how traditions evolve. medium.com/@noelito/wha...

Underrated medium.com/rooted-publi...

“A pylon or a turbine? The Alternative asks us to look again at the symbols of energy, and what they say about our future.” thealternative.org.uk/dailyalterna...

Telling stories about how we earn a living—especially when it doesn’t fit into neat career ladders or tidy LinkedIn updates. This is a piece about meaning, mess, and money. medium.com/@noelito/tel...

“A challenge prize in Camden isn’t just about ideas—it’s about reshaping how local government works. Mission-led government in practice.” medium.com/@changebydes...

“A birth and a knock to the head: the Relationships Project shows how life’s small moments hold lessons for connection.” relationshipsproject.org.uk/a-birth-and-...

“Working in the open isn’t just a buzzword—it’s awkward, messy, and freeing. Tash Willcocks captures the beauty of showing your work.” tash-willcocks.medium.com/so-wait-what...

If you’re trying to lead a place-based mission, this piece is gold. On why learning isn’t just data collection — it’s how we adapt together. medium.com/@changebydes...

Change is hard. That’s not news. But navigating change? That’s where it gets interesting. Some thoughts from lived experience. medium.com/@noelito/how...

Ever felt like systems change work is all jargon, no grounding? This post is about anchoring imagination in everyday action — starting with where we are, and who we’re with. noelito.medium.com/smell-the-fu...

What if we could swap jobs for a bit—step into someone else’s shoes and see the system from a different angle? Here’s a thought experiment that might not be so far-fetched. medium.com/@noelito/wha...

🎙️ What’s on CHROs’ minds for the rest of 2025? A top-10 list that reads like a survival manual. 👉 www.conference-board.org/podcasts/c-s...

We're tangled between hyper-individualism and interdependence. The question isn’t how we live—but how we live together, with care and humanity noelito.medium.com/how-do-we-li...

“Bridge-building isn’t soft—it’s radical. A reminder that crossing boundaries is how we find the future together.” medium.com/fawlty-minis...

Not just upskilling, but aligning people’s growth with purpose. Build teams that shape change, not just react to it medium.com/@noelito/get...