The tramshed at the edge of the village There's an old tramshed near our house in Saltaire. I've walked past so many times over the past 25 years — and I've always noticed the archive photos dotted around the area of trams and trolleybuses
Notes taken from  Product Tank Leeds, May 2026 , hosted at Lloyds. Follow-up to  my November 2025 notes . Contents Talk 1 notes Polly Wakefield (Lloyds) — Making decisions in complex organisations Talk 2 notes Richard Atha (PokerStars) — Why a product knowledge base is
What can the NHS learn from neighbourhood working in other policy areas? Intro / framing NHS is developing neighbourhood health There's a long, rich tradition of neighbourhood working in other policy areas to draw on (New Deal for Communities, neighbourhood renewal, Pride in Place,  Big Local , Independent Commission
About the event Usually in person meet in Nottingham, this was session 20, hosted by Paul Bailey and Cheng Cheng Community started January 2023, 1,600+ on LinkedIn, supported by Nottingham Trent University More info on Meetup Main session led by Dave Gray ( Gamestorming , Liminal Thinking ), structured as a workshop
Preface: What's going on here? These thoughts were poked to the forefront a few months ago leafing again through one of my foundational reads around service design. And then I was seeing people saying service design is UX design at greater scale . And then seeing UX design being
What's this? Every week I look back at the previous seven days and forwards to the next. Running and health, culture, home improvements, work and adjacent things. Read none, some or all – sharing in case it helps someone else out there. Last week's note . tldr
An event of two halves. I was only there for the first as it's been a long few days and I needed some downtime afterwards. Some notes on the first half. Intro Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org, on What happens to Scrum in an AI world? With
What is this? My monthly look back on my running. Reflection helps me with the now, the next and the further future. It's all good. Previous run note: March 2026 April summary 30 days: 21 days running, 9 days off. 164.25 km. Target: 180 to 200 km.
What is this? Every week I look back at the previous seven days and forwards to the next. Running and health, culture, home improvements, work and adjacent things. Read none, some or all – sharing in case it helps someone else out there. Last week's note . tldr Midweek
What is this? Every week I look back at the previous seven days and forwards to the next. Work and adjacent things, running and health, culture, home improvements, and personal stuff. Read none, some or all – sharing in case it helps someone else out there. Last week's
What is this? Every week I look back at the previous seven days and forwards to the next. Work and adjacent things, running and health, culture, home improvements, and personal stuff. Read none, some or all – sharing in case it helps someone else out there. Previous week:  Week
Previous week note:  Week note — week commencing Monday 23 March 2026 The week where March turned to April and the long Easter weekend took me to Cleethorpes, Brighton, and Billinghurst. Health, body – and running Didn't do the end of week weigh-in as I was
Previous run note: January and February 2026 March summary 31 days: 22 days running, 9 days off. 170.32 km. Target: 170 km. Average of 7.74 km per run / 5.49 km per day. Average of 38.9 km per week. Year to date: 381.4 km. Week km
Back to the grind after a fabulous time in wonderful Seville — arriving home on the Sunday, straight into it on Monday. Health and body Face-to-face diabetes appointment on Monday at Saltaire Medical Practice. Blood sugar at 51mmol/mol — just above the threshold of "well managed&
A road sign I have mocked up. I have yet to see one of these. Have you? The Highway Code is a book of rules for everyone who uses the road — drivers, cyclists, and people on foot. All road users in England are expected to know and follow it.