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My digital beta garden

Read here first. A reflection of my bookcases and tabs - a myriad of loosely connected topics and rabbit holes.

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Own

To recognise or assert one's position. To accept or acknowledge oneself or one's identity.

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Engage

Engage Wisely. Engage as in ‘occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention)’. Chose when to have no fucks to give.

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Reflections and questions if you’re a hippo*

How digital products and services are experienced by students and staff in the education sector is shaped by the people who provide them. We have a responsibility to ensure those experiences are positive, not endured.

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What's stopping the trojan mice?

Digital change in higher education and UKEduCamp reflections

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UKEduCamp '24 Wishes

I wanted to provide a time and space for us to pause and share what UKEduCamp may have prompted for us as individuals.

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Listen

Beginning with L for Listen.

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My feline friend*

This year I've re-discovered what I need to do to nurture the person, colleague, leader and ally I want to be.

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On conversations

What questions do you encourage and what do you push away? What conversations are flourishing for change in your organisation?

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organisational change

Flipping from Winter to Spring

How is your organisation readying for change or growth? Are you focusing on what really counts?

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A quick and literally more rounded update

TW: mental health & ED. My disordered eating and anorexia seemed polite and quiet to people around me. That may sound broken but do read on.

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Don’t advocate for the devil

The agile manifesto states it’s ‘individuals and interactions over processes and tools’. You can’t have one side without the other.

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Unfinished words with warmth & wit

I want you to remember me, what I can do, have done and how I made you feel.

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Change with commitment & compassion

Commitment & compassion in agile product management and business analysis. It may be cheesy but it's true...

Hello world, I'm a beta release of unfinished words.

Hello world, I'm a beta release of unfinished words.

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My UKGovCamp 2018

2018 was my second UKGovCamp as I was lucky to get a 2017 ticket. Travelling home to Sheffield last year I wrote.. Didnt want to do potentially long thread so here's my notes made on way home about #ukgcx #unconf set up & people. Thank you @UKGovCamp pic.

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Apologies - it took too long to publish this (or 'why I stepped away')

(Originally published August 2020) I wrote what follows on/off over many months, never quite finishing it and, whilst I’ve just edited it down, it probably isn’t yet done. Nothing below is original or new - aside from it being written by me and builds on what I&

Weeknotes #12 — It’s all about pie

Weeknotes #12 — It’s all about pie

I’ve not seen enough daylight recently. I’ve worked lots of hours and have been very grateful for the nights I’ve got home to pie or bangers and mash made by my other-half.* I started in a low mood this week and I’m partly blaming my beloved

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Weeknotes #11 — Learning to fail or failing to learn?

(Published initially January 2018) I skipped weeknotes last week ‘cos I often finish them on a Sunday but last Sunday I was happily knackered and my social pot was empty. I’d spent the previous day travelling to/from London to attend the wonderful UKGovCamp. Fail well? I’ve been

For half my life I (kinda*) didn’t eat enough

For half my life I (kinda*) didn’t eat enough

(Published originally in March 2018) This week is Eating Disorder Awareness Week and the theme is ‘Why Wait?’. On average, it takes someone with an eating disorder three years to seek help. That’s ON AVERAGE. It took me much longer and even longer to be fully open about it.

My quietly loud declaration

(Originally published in May 2017) I view myself as a quiet person. That doesn’t mean I’m always quiet or even shy. It means I’m generally an introvert who sometimes needs time to listen and space to reflect. If I’m not talking it doesn’t mean I’

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Why I talk but don’t talk about my mental health

What follows is the right openness for me. (Originally published November 2017) I’m open about having mental health problems in the past. I’ve called it ‘sadness’ and ‘my mist’. When I hear that people should be more open about their mental health — I agree, though it’s insufficient

Weeknotes #7(ish)

Weeknotes #7(ish)

The Comeback First to pitch to the Dragons @AgileSheffield is @katie_attwood pitching #weeknotes - with a picture of Dorian Gray. pic.twitter.com/rvFztNDo1m — Gwen Diagram (@gwendiagram) November 30, 2017 I’m back and it’s been too long so this should be #monthnotes. After taking a break for

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Finding my hashtags

(Originally published October 2017) The attitudes and behaviours I experienced yesterday at the WomenEd unconeferenc resonated massively with me. This is why. I attended my first #WomenEd unconference in Sheffield yesterday — slightly nervous as I walked through the door. I don’t currently work within the education sector. Most of

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Winging it out of Room 101

(Published originally in September 2017) Last month’s Agile Sheffield meetup was ‘Agile Room 101' where we discussed and voted on all things agile - what we loved or wanted to lock away forever. It’s fair to say we focused on locking things away - including those pesky