Author: Matt Jukes

  • [2024] Week 50 – A Year in Review

    [2024] Week 50 – A Year in Review

    The story of my 2024 really ended up being the story of my health (or lack thereof) despite it being another ‘exciting’ year for other reasons. I came into the year feeling underpowered and out of sorts which led to a quiet time socially during the winter months (though the new job meant work was…

  • In 2024, I thought a lot about writing this..

    In 2024, I thought a lot about writing this..

    I’ve wanted to write something for this annual essay advent calendar ever since Amy started it and back in May, slightly drunk in Texas, I threw my name into the hat and was lucky enough to find myself invited to contribute. So here is is – edited expertly by Jo – my essay, ironically, about…

  • [2024] Week 49

    [2024] Week 49

    One of the teams I am working with at GOVUK published the new Government Missions pages at 11.46 today (officially the Plan for Change pages.) If you are a regular reader you could possibly work out who [redacted] has been in previous weeks 🤣. You might think that but I couldn’t possibly comment. I’m very…

  • [2024] Week 48 – Product for the People 6

    [2024] Week 48 – Product for the People 6

    Yesterday Debbie and I hosted the sixth edition of the Product for the People gatherings (third Musketeer Steve was recovering from his adventures in Tokyo). Thanks to the generosity of Ben W (former colleague and all around lovely chap) we had the run of the conference space at No2 Rivergate – the Government building shared…

  • [2024] Week 47

    [2024] Week 47

    I put this on LinkedIn but thought I’d republish it here; I hit my target for the amount of newsletters I planned to send this year early so thought I’d do a bit of a review – especially as I’m not sending any in December. In 2024; 45 newsletters published/sent Subscribers went from 2082 →…