Last weekend I was at a Hen Party. Think party games, alcohol and the cult of the aubergine emoji and you’ve got the classic cliche. Glorious fun with friends but honestly quite a weird set of ritu…| controversially
Not so much #Weeknotes as #Monthnotes but it all counts. This month has been sandwiched by trips to Edinburgh – at the end of January to experience the Firestarter Festival and I’m writ…| controversially
Its Sunday night, I’m at the gym on the bike and really quite pooped so these are *actually* going to be short! Ratio of child to gift: pleasingThis weekend has included a day trip to Leeds and Har…| controversially
Quite a week, and what a Saturday!! In efforts not to spend my whole Sunday night writing these, I decided to do the ‘Five Things That Happened’ Method of weeknotes. Not least because I could easil…| controversially
It’s been a while since I Weeknoted! Christmas happened (phew!) and I generally gave myself a pass over December not to do things that were “should” – so Weeknotes fell by the wayside. In the meant…| controversially
Straight up confession: this blog post is overdue. It’s also Part 2 of 2, and Part 1 has turned into such a mammoth task I keep putting it down. I’ve been doing a fair bit of hiring my last couple …| controversially
I take quick notes of what we discuss at the One Team Gov Breakfast — imperfect, unattributed but hopefully it gives you good idea of the kind of things we discussed. Please join us to find out wha…| controversially
I’m trying out writing quick notes about what’s been talked about at the One Team Gov breakfast on Wednesday mornings at 1 Horseguards Road… Everyone’s welcome, if you’d like to come next time, sig…| controversially
I’m trying out taking a live note and publishing quickly to share what we’ve been talking about rather than writing it up in my blog at the end of the week. Let me know what you think and if its us…| controversially
I recently ran a workshop on getting started with blogging, to help colleagues across government work in the open and share what I’ve learned. I started in the way I start many things, by asking tw…| controversially
