Category: thoughts
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Are product teams in peril in the AI era?
What will be AIs impact on the shape of multidisciplinary product teams? Giuseppe has just published this interesting post about mapping AI outcomes/activities against the goals of each point of the Service Standard. Which particularly piqued my interest as just yesterday I was catching up with Ollie and when I wasn’t bemoaning my existence and…
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Support your local newsletter
As I confirmed in my recent post, Stop / Go, I am going to do at least one more year of my jobs newsletter – albeit on a slightly more limited schedule. I’m going to aim for 20-25 editions in 2027 rather than the 40-50 from recent years. Sending fewer emails does not lead to…
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October 2026
Well October ended up mainly being an unexpected extension of my Autumn break. I knew I was going to be off in September but had expected to be back to work this month. In the end though apart from a fun couple of afternoons helping friends at Delib out with some stuff I’ve mainly been…
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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…
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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…
