Like pretty much everyone I know I am reading Richard’s book ‘Platformland’ at the moment – and I am sure I will have more to say on that topic when I finish it and properly digest it – but the first thing that has struck me as I work my through the chapters and examples…

I was bored yesterday on a train and challenged myself to rapid fire (it was only Bristol to London) jot down as many (hardly) 🔥hot takes🔥 that might make for interesting blogposts that might generate a bit of discussion on BlueSky. In the end what I mainly realised is that most of my thinking crystallised…

Recently when discussing my role with a colleague I quipped – “I am less a manager and more a village elder at this point”. As you’ll know many a true word is spoken in jest and the more I dwelled on it the more I realised there was a certain kind of truth to it.…

One of the things that has helped me get through this bleak 10 months or so has been my long-standing plan to take a bit of a sabbatical later this year and do a little (well a lot) of travelling and some writing. Increasingly though I just don’t think it is going to be possible…