Digital by Default

Category: jobs

  • Week 02/52

    I really am enjoying the honeymoon period of this new job. Day by day I can feel the rust getting shaken off – not just from the sabbatical but also shaking off some of those consultant perspectives and letting my public servant instincts reassert themselves. It is an interesting time to join this organisation –…

  • Week 01/52

    So I am back. 210 days later I fired up my new Windows laptop, opened Teams, waited for the fan to calm down and dived back in. My start was delayed a week by a particularly nasty bout of Covid which I suspect has made this re-entry a bit tougher physically but mentally I’ve really…

  • Four years later #jobnote

    Four years later #jobnote

    Four years in one place is a long time for me – even if six months of this was on a career break (one where I was almost always intending to return at the end of things). This is mainly a reminiscence about the tent-pole projects during my time with Notbinary/Foundry4. Alongside this work there…

  • [book report] The agile comms handbook

    [book report] The agile comms handbook

    I know Giles (the author) reasonably well. We’ve had a few beers together over the years, worked together a little, popped up at the same events and know – and respect – a lot of the same folk. Additionally his work – particularly his blogging and the work he did at Defra that he references…

  • What do I want to be when I grow up?

    Given my current circumstances and mindset this Guardian article about mid-life career changes is timely. I’m not convinced that a career change (or tweak) is the silver bullet for all that ails me but it is something I want to explore over the next few months. Loosely I think my thoughts on the topic break…