Content Warning: Cancer This is a story of how my life has been turned upside down in the last couple of months, and what I’m currently experiencing. The Big C ‘We found something concerning. And when I say I’m concerned, I mean I suspect it’s cancer’ … said the doctor after my colonoscopy…

My reflections on two years of freelancing, and what I’m up to next Closing one door Last week I closed the door on two years of freelancing. It’s been a fascinating, challenging, fun, stressful and nourishing two years. I was blown away by the amazing community I found (especially Freelancers GSD), and I…

In this post I share some reflections on why values are so helpful in making decisions and understanding trade offs. Why I love working with values When we’re working, we are faced with constant options. Opportunities to make choices. We may see these, or we may not. Choices about how to show up with people. Choices…

In this post I’m exploring what the role of a digital, data or technology function could be in a charity which has a culture and structure based on local autonomy, devolved decision-making and a small core which seeks always to support and empower, rather than dictate or oversee. My thoughts…

As I slowly tore myself away from NCVO earlier this year, one of my final acts was to encourage the new leadership team to write user manuals for each other. …

Today I leave NCVO after 18 years. I was 24 when I joined. Since then I’ve gotten married and had two children. I’ve grown up in this organisation. So many thoughts have been running through my head, so (because a friend said it was a good idea!) …

Late last year at NCVO we were considering hiring a developer for the first time. If you’re interested in why we thought it might be a good idea, and why we thought it might be the right time, have a read of my previous post. We wanted to take some…

In my last post I reflected on how the field of digital had changed over the last 9 years, from when it was about websites and emails, through the emergence of ‘digital’ and to today, when there are many discussions about whether ‘digital’ is even what we should be interested…

As we start a new decade, lots of people are looking back. In this post I share how I saw conversations about ‘digital’ changing over the last decade, and where we are now. Looking back: the emergence of ‘digital’ Ten years ago I was on maternity leave with a newborn. When I returned from maternity leave…