Digital by Default

Category: thoughts

  • The epitome of the ‘unlived’ experience

    The epitome of the ‘unlived’ experience

    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…

  • Thoughts on the state of the (digital gov) union

    Thoughts on the state of the (digital gov) union

    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…

  • Levelling up LEOs

    Levelling up LEOs

    This is less of a blogpost and more of a ‘stub‘ to come back to later of some ideas that are swimming around in my head and as such it lacks a certain…coherence! There has been a lot of talk about the Government ‘levelling up’ agenda in recent months and while I am not exactly…

  • An Elder

    An Elder

    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.…

  • planning a u-kation

    planning a u-kation

    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…