Author: Matt Jukes

  • S01E08: Retreat

    S01E08: Retreat

    Another difficult week. February has been HARD. This week has actually been less challenging from a cognitive whiplash point of view but a couple of things burrowed right into my skull and wouldn’t shift and ramped my anxiety up to entirely unhealthy levels early in the week. So much so that I took a ‘duvet…

  • S01E07: Retrograde

    S01E07: Retrograde

    This week really didn’t feel great.  Physically I managed to dislocate a couple of toes on my bad foot at the weekend which meant I couldn’t get out for a few days. Mentally I had an awkward incident at work that wasn’t entirely my fault, though I wasn’t without blame, that definitely left me feeling…

  • An Elder

    An Elder

    Recently when discussing my role with a colleague I quipped – “I am less a manager and more a village elder at this point”. As you’ll know many a true word is spoken in jest and the more I dwelled on it the more I realised there was a certain kind of truth to it.…

  • S01E06: Revolving

    S01E06: Revolving

    I’m pretty wiped out as I write this and I do not have high hopes that it will be very coherent. This week has been a personal record for context switching – I feel like I have mental whiplash. I have planned and presented a pitch. Fronted pretty much an entire Show and Tell. Written…

  • I use this..

    With apologies to usesthis.com Who are you, and what do you do? I’m Matt ‘jukesie’ Jukes. I am a Principal Consultant with Foundry4 with a focus on agile and product working in the public service. Truth be told though I am mainly know for my jobs newsletter and blogging these days I suspect (and honestly…