This week was mainly occupied by the first phase of my farewell to NDL|GDS tour – spending three days (ish) in Whitechapel. Honestly it was really nice. I bumped into a bunch of lovely people, had some really interesting conversations, overheard some useful stuff, ate some great grub, went out for a (alcohol free) beer and a gossip with a colleague…I even felt useful a couple of times – like I was actually contributing. It felt like the before times. I know it is an unpopular opinion but I genuinely miss being co-located in an office with the team you are actually working with.
I enjoy going to the Bristol office but there has never been anyone else from my team(s) there really so you end up just on Teams calls all day anyway – just with more background noise and closer to better lunch options (which is worth it much of the time!).
Next week I am in Manchester for a couple of days. Not No10 North though.
Here is a list of the links I shared on Teams this week.
Definition of Done – Rachel Coldicutt
Make better documents. – Anil Dash
Doing Presentations – Giles, Russell et al
The Practice is the Product – Tim Herbig
Audree Fletcher on influencing/selling your work
Dan Hon & Russell Davies on influencing/selling your work (video)
Everything I Know About Life I Learned From PowerPoint [book]
A Roadmap Readme – Digital by Default
What makes a good outcome? — Jamie Arnold
Introduction to Product Management course
What else? Did a bunch of admin for ‘Product for the People’ – everything is pretty much in hand now. Popped over to Newport for a lovely lunch and catch-up with Ann and Dai. Arranged for a couple more interesting exploratory conversations about work from the Autumn onward. I’m not quite ready to hand out baskets and challenge shoplifters at the Big Tesco…but my time is coming.
Absolutely loved the first episode of ‘Lanterns’ on HBO Max. So much so it inspired me to write a post about some of my favourite Green Lantern comics.
https://www.bristolburnout.life/a-little-lantern-love-in
Digital by Default 