Author: Matt Jukes

  • Ups and Downs

    So week 2 is done and dusted and I’ll soon be heading back up to the Midlands for week 3.  This week has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride if I am honest on the one hand I found the lodging situation much better and even managed to avoid eating in the Star and…

  • Netflix culture

    As someone who has just started a new job and has dutifully read all the HR policies and procedures (honest!) I read this Netflix presentation with a mixture of jealousy and awe.  It isn’t a perfect document and does make an awful lot of assumptions about the sort of staff they have working for them…

  • Settling in..

    So I survived week one at the new job and all-in-all it went pretty well I think.  There is going to be a steep learning curve for me on the administrative side of things as there is a much more formal approach than I am used to and there is certainly a meeting culture (though…

  • What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later

    I’m not going to bother writing much about this presentation – I’m just going to really encourage you to check it out.  Thanks to Josie Fraser for the link and especially Marta Kagan for the actual presentation.  Enjoy!

  • Ch-ch-changes

    As I write this blog post it is almost exactly 24 hours til I will have completely finished my time at Jiva and will be starting out on my PG rated leaving do (no drinking for yours truly!). This signals the start of alot of changes in my life and to some extent that is…