Digital by Default

Digital by Default

[IMHO] Roles, responsibilities and relationships in digital delivery

During my recent time at MHCLG I did a series of opinionated sessions on agile/digital ways of working I think of as the [IMHO] series. They were light on speakers notes and long on rants – but the slides were solid enough so I am sharing what I can here. ========================================== This is a team…

December 16, 2025
[IMHO] The Art of Effective Agile

During my recent time at MHCLG I did a series of opinionated sessions on agile/digital ways of working I think of as the [IMHO] series. They were light on speakers note and long on rants – but the slides were solid enough so I am sharing what I can here. ========================================== THE ART OF EFFECTIVE…

December 15, 2025
Yearnote 2025

My work year finished Friday and with no real plans other than Christmas movies and reading comics for the next week or so I thought I’d try and round-up 2025. TL;DR – It was fine. The highlight was of course my talk at Camp Digital. Getting promoted to keynote was a real honor – and…

December 14, 2025
Can’t knock the hustle

Someone recently asked my advise about raising their professional profile – as if I would have some kind of insight given I have a certain notoriety in some circles I guess. I waved it off a bit as it was easier in ye olde days – especially at the height of the Twitter community, that…

October 4, 2025
An excess of nostalgia

I’ve found myself reminiscing an awful lot lately about the earlier phases of my career. I mean a LOT ~ even for a person of my advanced years. The seat of the pants, make it up as you went along, tiny teams days when the web was open, social media was fun, nobody really understood…

August 25, 2025