Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • How do you build a ‘community of practice’ without a ‘community’ that practices?

    How do you build a ‘community of practice’ without a ‘community’ that practices?

    I’m really asking. community /kəˈmjuːnɪti/ noun a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. Not for the first time I find myself in a role where part of my responsibility is to support the development of some folk who are relatively early stage in their product and…

  • Let’s call it COVID’s cousin

    Let’s call it COVID’s cousin

    “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” “If you get sick during a pandemic and no one is around to test it, is it really COVID?” I don’t know whether what I have had is COVID-19. What I do know that in a…

  • Presentations post-Covid?

    Presentations post-Covid?

    Since I gave a version of one of my talks via MS Team a couple of weeks ago I’ve been thinking about how that classic, narrative lecture, slide heavy presentation will work in a world where large physical group gatherings become rare and are replaced by more and more online events. Partly spurred because nobody…

  • Missing my May escapes..

    This day last year I was on my way to Toronto for #jukesiesjaunt. I spent almost a month visiting Ottawa, Toronto, Victoria, Vancouver, Oakland and San Francisco. On this day in 2018 I was on my way to Vancouver for one of my favourite ever trips. I spent three weeks visiting Vancouver, Seattle and Portland.…

  • Ok. Ok. What’s next?

    Ok. Ok. What’s next?

    I’ve been reading a lot of speculative pieces about what things are going to be like in a post-COVID world from my sickbed. Some things seem pretty clear: There will be a major economic downturn of some shape and size Our relationships with offices will change My life as a city dweller – and the…