Author: Matt Jukes

  • JOIN US!

    JOIN US!

    We have just published two vacancies in our Product team – for a Product Manager and a Senior Product Manager. These are the first vacancies since I started as Head of Profession for Product Management so I thought I’d share a little about the roles, our product community and ways of working. Product Management is…

  • Top 10 books for 2022 (to date)

    Top 10 books for 2022 (to date)

    I’ve only read 25 books so far this year (though I have started MANY more) – my current goal is to get to 30 by New Years Eve. Currently I have Your Story Matters by Nikesh Shukla and Desert Star by Michael Connelly on deck. It was a weird year for my reading – it…

  • Planning and prioritisation predicament

    Planning and prioritisation predicament

    A rather large percentage of the limited horsepower in my noggin these days is consumed with helping redesign a DDaT wide planning and prioritisation process. So this is some classic thinking out loud – do shout if you have ideas, insights or sympathy. So like Q-Tip asked – what’s the scenario? Multiple portfolios. Each portfolio…

  • Coaching vs Commanding Culture Clash

    Coaching vs Commanding Culture Clash

    I really like this tweet from Mr Turn the Ship Around. So much of what I do – and a big reason I took this job – is that I find this form of leadership to be fulfilling and effective. Whether I’m any good at it is another question but God loves a trier. I…

  • My Streaming TV 2022

    My Streaming TV 2022

    Top 10 streaming shows 2022 Apple+ Apple+ remains quality over quantity for the most part and is prone to release some pretty niche stuff it pretends is mainstream. That said I loved Slow Horses – Gary Oldman gave a spectacular performance – and everybody else loved Severance. For All Mankind remains a wonderful show and…