Blog
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Ada Lovelace Day 2023 – Resilience
To celebrate #AdaLovelaceDay this year, I was lucky enough to get to spend the day with the wonderful folks at @DigitalHer (part of Manchester Digital). In the morning the ran an Inspiration Breakfast event for women working within Tech with some lightening talks and break out sessions. Then in the afternoon they ran an Inspiration…
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The importance of having a Product Mindset.
This week is @DWPDigtials Product Mindset week; with some fantastic sessions and Digital Showcases on the work DWP have been doing to deliver Products that add value for users; with sessions covering things like storytelling, Design thinking, Product Management, Prioritisation and how we should be using data to help decision making, etc. The resounding…
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Empowering your Teams
How to create the culture needed for success One discussion that comes up regularly when I’m running Product Management Training courses, or coaching new Delivery Teams; is how they can encourage their leaders to empower them, and trust their decisions more. Whether it’s having their leaders back their decisions when something has gone wrong/ or…
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Somewhere under the Double Rainbow
Discussing Intersectionality in the LGBTQIA+ & Neurodivergent Community As a queer woman with ADHD, the subject of intersectionality is one I’ve always been interested in. There have been numerous discussions and studies about the links between people with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and Gender Dysphoria; with the theory being that there are many Trans/ gender-diverse…
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Being Product Led
Helping organisations move from ‘doing Product Management’ to ‘being Product led’. As you might expect from someone who’s career has been within the Product space, and who has worn various ‘Head of Product’ types hats over the years; I spend a lot of thinking and talking about Product Management. For the last few month’s I’ve…
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Starting your Career off strong
If you’re taking the first step into your career, where do you start? It’s that time of year, when companies like Deloitte get invited to speak to lots of University’s, and organise events to publicise their Graduate and career entry schemes. In the last month I’ve been lucky enough to speak to students at the…
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Encouraging join up across Departments.
Yesterday at GovCampNorth, there were multiple pitches all based on one common theme; how we can encourage and support collaboration and sharing across Government Departments. The reason given behind increasing this collaboration was varied; from improving opportunities for re-use and the sharing of best practices; to the opportunity to tackle and solve societal problems that…
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Being an ally
The little things matter (and why I’ve changed my branding). You may have noticed that the site has gone through a bit of a revamp; and my colour scheme has changed? (Or you may not, that’s ok too). I wanted to spend some time talking about what I’ve changed how the site looks; because it’s…
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New Role, Who Dis?
6 weeks into my new role; how looks this part of the world? So today marks the start of week 7 of my time at Deloitte Digital; and as I sit on the train down to London for the first day of a 2 day Senior Leadership away day for the Digital Consulting folks; I…