Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Week 47/52

    Week 47/52

    This has been a pretty unbalanced week. On the one hand I have been unwell so not much happened at all apart from me coughing so much I lost my voice and pulled a muscle. Then on the other hand major national moves were made in Government terms that changed things massively for me at…

  • Week 46/52

    Week 46/52

    I’ve got some shit going on workwise so my weeknoting is pretty crippled for the time being but some other stuff happened → Okay that is plenty. I’m going to have another beer. Happy weekend folks.

  • 100 (Working) Days

    100 (Working) Days

    I’ve been at DIT 100 (working) days as of today (Friday 27th January). This is significantly longer than I lasted at Becta, Defra or UKHSA and on a par with consultancy gigs at Essex and the BBC – though it was 100 and out pretty much with them. I continue to really enjoy the role…

  • Objecting to Objectives (and Key Results)

    Objecting to Objectives (and Key Results)

    On a couple of occasions last week I found myself supporting teams around drafting (or redrafting) their OKRs. This is a bit of a tightrope for me as I want to help the teams but – and I say this knowing it might get me thrown out of the product person club – I really…

  • Week 43/52

    Week 43/52

    First five day week of 2023 and I managed to work in four different Government buildings in three cities – Cardiff, Bristol, London (Canary Wharf), London (Old Admiralty Building). Amazingly I did this without any public transport mishaps (especially given all the problems with the Severn Tunnel flooding yesterday.) That said, I am in London…