Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • Talkin’ loud, saying something

    “..knowledge only travels when it’s interesting and memorable enough for someone to retell your story.” Sam Villis Not for the first time Sam nails it. I was sorry to miss her session at Govcamp last weekend (I was probably gossiping in the corridor as per..) but she wrote up her workshop in beautiful detail. The…

  • A few of my favourite things (2019)

    A few of my favourite things (2019)

      Netflix of 2019 Sex Education: Season 1 – this show was bite my knuckles funny throughout – it also freaked me out as the location was my university campus! The slight weirdness about trying to place it in time / location was actually a worthy eccentricity in the end. Top Boy – at times…

  • November

    November

    November was mainly about putting myself back together again after I broke in October. This remains a work in progress to be honest but fingers crossed! I took two full weeks off and stayed off of work email and Slack for the entire time. This really helped and is probably the first time I’ve ever…

  • October

    October

    Man down. October did me in. Totally. I’ve been pushing myself a bit hard as I try to find a balance in my (not so) new role and it has lead me down a path I promised myself I wouldn’t go down again. The road to burn-out. I think I have just managed to hit…

  • September

    September

    Month four of my adventures in CEOdom. Still finding it a slightly uncomfortable fit if I am honest. I continue to have a pretty continuous buzz of anxiety and a couple of things knocked my confidence a bit (which was a little fragile anyway in this role.) I’ve decided to shift perspective a little and…