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·Jun 16, 2020

Weeknotes 8–12 June

What happened Uncertain Times The highlight of the week, by some way, was a remote gathering with Maureen O’Hara, Ella Saltmarshe and Graham Leicester, facilitated by Cassie Robinson, on the skills and mindsets needed to navigate uncertain times. I can’t remember another hour in my life (apart from Cassie’s exceptional Service Design in Government…

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Jun 8, 2020

Weeknotes 30 May — 5 June

What happened A short one. A heavy week. I dug into some detail Week 2 (and a bit). I’m in full archaeologist mode. What can I learn from what’s gone before? I got set up on Jira and Confluence, and spent a bit of time exploring some labyrinths. Our outgoing designer showed me the another service designer…

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May 29, 2020

Weeknotes 21–29 May

Restarting. What happened I started a new job Last Thursday I started a new job in a government agency. I struggle to describe first weeks in jobs, because it’s too soon to sense and reflect on anything properly. So far: People on the team I’ve joined are reassuringly welcoming, friendly and patient. Everyone is going out of…

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·Oct 31, 2019

Three-weeknotes

Slipped up on the nice clean weeknotes streak. Bumper edition time! Things I did in the last 3 weeks Finally went on some research! We tested a couple of prototypes in North Lincolnshire. It was eye opening and inspiring to spend time with advisers doing their amazing thing helping people. …

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·Oct 11, 2019

Weeknotes: 5–11 Oct

The daily write up thing is getting a bit tedious to write (and probably tedious to read). Plus it means I forget things. Trialling this way for a bit again: Things I did Had an excellent team prioritisation session on Monday. We had far too many ideas for one sprint, so mapped them…

Design

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·Oct 8, 2019

Weeknotes: 28 Sept — 4 Oct

All blueprint, all the time. Monday Hit the London ground running on a final handover day with the other, outgoing service designer on our project team. We’d planned to spend the whole day going through the blueprint together but time ran away. …

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·Sep 27, 2019

Weeknotes 21–27 September

On things that grow. Monday Very long morning travelling back from a glorious weekend in Devon.

Design

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·Sep 20, 2019

Weeknotes: 14–19 September

On travel and doing. Monday After a weekend emptying the lounge and kitchen into the dining room ready for decorators, I was very ready to think about work things. Mostly a day of catching up after being off for two days last week. Shared and tweaked the agenda for the next…

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·Sep 13, 2019

Weeknotes: 7–13 September

On physical reminders and a tangible sense of progress. Monday My first visit to a local Citizens Advice, in Nottinghamshire. Happily, these are part of all national staff inductions. I was excited to get out there and see things with my own eyes. I was joined by a manager who covers…

Startup

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·Sep 6, 2019

Weeknotes: 31 August — 6 September

Celebrating one whole month of weeknotes to round off a mega week. Monday A reflective day in London. It’s starting to feel like there’s some cadence to my weeks, thanks in part to our fortnightly retro and planning sessions. These are efficiently organised and run by our job-share delivery managers. Having…

Design

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