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In which a mini-break and a few games of croquet help to put a positive spin on a fairly challenging few weeks. What I've been up to * I launched something. Over the past couple of weeks, I planned and launched a week-long event called Virtual Skills Week. It&

In which I celebrate the resurgence of the humble weeknote! What I've been up to * Along with my colleagues the Lindsays (because they have the same first name, yes they are ok with being called that) I gave an in-person Intro to Human Centred Design to a small

All the people-ing What I've been working on * I spent the last few days in Guildford, Surrey (the one in BC, Canada) with our Environmental Protection Division. The team spent some time mapping out their vision (1 and 5 years), making plans and reflecting on challenges. * I'

Over a year ago I dropped what felt to me like a tiny bomb, hidden in a bunch of other words. I wrote, “I’m a bit neurodiverse.” Then, a few months ago, I mentioned it in front of hundreds of people while giving a keynote talk at a conference.

Another long break between weeknotes, but a prompting from Ari via our internal Teams channel has me hoping to write with more frequency and velocity. What I've been working on: * One of our large program areas is developing a service design playbook that covers a lot of the

This morning, I thought to myself, "it's been just over two weeks since my last weeknote, I better get on it," before realizing it had actually been four weeks. FOUR. I feel like it's a bit banal to talk about time passing quickly, but