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…

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…

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…

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 →…

I only have 14 working days of 2024 remaining and I have to say – phew! For all sorts of reasons I am emotionally, mentally and physically out on my feet at the moment and need a dose of Christmas cheer and an extended break to reboot my brain and body ahead of 2025. The…