Organizational Flow
Ideas rarely arrive alone.
Most of what's in this book started as a conversation — or someone else's book — not a conclusion I arrived at by myself. This page credits the people and the reading whose thinking shaped a specific idea somewhere in these chapters — named where the idea actually appears, not assembled here as an afterthought. It will grow as the book does. Looking for books to read next instead — in a similar spirit, not necessarily a direct influence? That's Further Reading.
Anki
My life companion
There for every year of it. This book is downstream of twenty years of a career that happened alongside her support, including the years before any of it could be described, let alone written down.
Isa, Tilde & Oliver
My children
Not tied to one idea or one chapter — to all of it. Most of what "practice creates insight" has actually meant, day to day, was thinking this through while raising three kids.
Lars Barkman
A loyal sparring partner and eye-opener
The gardener metaphor first took shape in conversation with Lars. What started as a way of talking about teams became, over time, the argument at the center of this book: that architecture is cultivation, not design.
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel Pink
The autonomy, mastery, and purpose framework this book leans on for what makes people thrive at work — and what turns out to map onto gardening almost too neatly.