A week used for rest and recharge after a busy previous.

Started with a fall off the bike, and in general, feeling a bit run down. Therefore, took time for myself out of work this week to slow down. My to-do list sizably shrunk as a result which is a big win.

Work

Time in meetings: 21.5

  • Contract negotiations: Following the requirement gathering across teams for our upcoming tehcnology renewal, I began to sit down with the vendor to commence what we were looking for.
  • Day with partner: Dovetailed off the back of contractual discussions, we spent the day with our partner, reviewing their upcoming roadmap, along with troubleshooting some existing issues.
  • Companion animals content: Delivered some last-minute content redesign following some legislative changes from Defra.
  • Back-end development roadmap and alignment: Spent some time running our back-end dev team through our roadmap for 26, to ensure we were aligned across teams - productive session with good feedback.
  • Media opportunities: 2x media interviews with journalists on Thursday with our tech partner, following our award win.
  • Steering groups: Attended a couple of steering groups, with a focus on assessing OKRs for 2027+ onwards.
  • Cross-team paper: Following a planning meeting last week, I started pulling together a paper looking at cross-team resourcing, to be submitted as part of business planning.

Read 📚

Work

Fun

  • Currently reading 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter' by Carson McCullers

Listen 🎧

Focus

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2cSH0biFuNZdrgB3qTfZKa?si=gysw6sG4SNaVJ-1Co5KVHg


https://open.spotify.com/episode/50xCRjIlg6bgaI6WV1JUV5?si=DEFojTJQT8msto5BpdiJBA


https://www.joelstrohmeier.co.uk/blog/guide-to-accessibility-audit/


https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QplBw3aEGGDmiFCjCfPNo?si=l0WngnTjTMOwkWWAurU_Ig


https://open.spotify.com/episode/4oOyfouin3f6iDDJjqsX5p?si=tZHtTpVrQbuV_1we6unMPg


https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jwskHwyVAwCaD8OnhcM4I?si=qumIQ4m3S4eY1iiOxCRI6A


https://open.spotify.com/episode/7fMmurADUzCplDejJQLvv8?si=UxriHlKbSyal8syKqqSDpA


https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HzmxNFQFCdItOypefyPDq?si=DNYDl7s9RGeMfiXPAv05ig


https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ESTzpWnBb5OTX7o9gHH42?si=B7hr-3L3Q9CTjkk4gLafGg

Music

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Sports

Strava:

  • Run: 8.24km
  • Gym: 2hr 30mins

Watch

  • ★★★★☆ The crash
  • ★★★★☆ Nonna's

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