Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • No Pret? No problem.

    The current campaign to get people back into offices is notable for a few things;  That there is consistent correlation between ‘back to office’ and ‘back to work’ which seems to be disingenuous at best. ‘Office’ workers have been working non-stop since all this kicked off. The fact that those notoriously soft on workers and…

  • Has COVID killed my escape fantasy?

    Has COVID killed my escape fantasy?

    Almost everybody I know in digital/tech land has some kind of escape fantasy. Opening a yoga studio or a food truck. Writing a novel or trekking around Asia. I am no different. When work things get on top of me in the past I’ve always retreated to the same fantasy. My bookshop. At this point…

  • August 2020

    This has been a month of pretty severe ups and downs and I’ve had to take the last few days of the month off to try and recharge and take stock. On the positive side I finally got out and went for lunch/drinks with two of my closest friends which was lovely, I’m still really…

  • Testing my top 10 tips against the Government Chief Digital Officer job description

    Yesterday I published the top 10 tips that came out of my research into job ads and descriptions for DDaT roles in public service. Then the new Government Chief Digital Officer role was published so I thought I would test my ideas against this high profile role! Now for the record I’m not having a…

  • Top 10 tips for more successful job ads / descriptions

    ..based on my survey of 257 people, a handful of follow up conversations and a number of years curating my jobs newsletter. In no particular order these are 10 things that I think could improve 90% of jobs advertised in the Digital, Data and Technology space in public service (but based on less experience probably…