events Product Tank Leeds — May 2026 notes 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 the extra brain a product manager never knew they
Strategy Unit Neighbourhood Insights session — notes 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 on
events Service Designers Connect 20: virtual meetings that don't suck — notes 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
service design Service design is not user experience design at greater scale 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
2026 weeknotes Week note — weeks commencing Monday 20 April 2026 and Monday 27 April 2026 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 Ran
events Agile Yorkshire – May 2026 notes 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
2026 running Run note for April 2026 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.
2026 weeknotes Week note — week commencing Monday 20 April 2026 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 trip
2026 weeknotes Week note — week commencing Monday 13 April 2026 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 note.
2026 weeknotes Week note — week commencing Monday 6 April 2026 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 commencing Monday
2026 weeknotes Week note — week commencing Monday 30 March 2026 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 away. Expect I'
2026 running Run note for March 2026 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
2026 weeknotes Week note — week commencing Monday 23 March 2026 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", 48, but not
road signage As a pedestrian at road junctions... 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. In January 2022, the Highway Code changed. Pedestrians were given stronger rights when crossing the road. This means
designing Twentieth Century Society — Concorde design and lifestyle — notes An online talk and Q&A with Lawrence Azerrad, hosted by the Twentieth Century Society, exploring the design, culture and legacy of the legendary Concorde. A glimpse into a past that showed us a future we still romantically strive for. The main talk Azerrad opened by framing Concorde not
travel note Travel note: Seville — 19 to 22 March 2026 With Kristin. A long weekend, a lot packed in. Why Seville My interest in Spain goes back to an A-level in early modern history in the early 1990s, where I first encountered Isabella and Ferdinand, who reigned in the latter part of the 15th century — the Catholic Monarchs who completed
2026 weeknotes Week note — week commencing Monday 16 March 2026 A week that split cleanly in two: three working days, Bradford Digital's Tech Tuesday among them, then a long weekend in wonderful Seville with Kristin. More on Seville separately. Health and body Keeping an eye on blood pressure, which is now a regular part of the routine. Yet
events Bradford Digital's Tech Tuesday — notes Practical AI, proper community On Saturday I was at Bradford Live for the joyous and celebratory Gorillaz gig, my first time in that building in something like thirty years. On Tuesday I was back, for Bradford Digital's Tech Tuesday: the tenth event in a series that has quietly
weeknote Week note — week commencing Monday 9 March 2026 A lot packed in. Blood donation, three days away in London, Oldham away, Gorillaz at Bradford Live, and a good run of running to boot. Health Monday started with a blood pressure check, now a regular part of the routine. Tuesday was blood donation day at the Bradford centre — it
weeknote Week note — week commencing Monday 2 March 2026 Running Six runs, 42.64km. Monday was an early train to London - no run. The rest of the week had a good shape to it. Tuesday a run round Shoreditch spotting Gorillaz art [Instagram]. Two canal-and-local days mid-week. Friday out to Three Rise Locks. Saturday further, Five Rise Locks
2026 running Run note for January and February 2026 A (belated) quick look back at 2025 MonthkmRunsJanuary109.319February108.119March108.317April143.120May125.114June77.612July200.826August156.422September182.324October121.114November143.221December136.221 * Total ran in 2025: 1,611.5 km — the most I have run in a calendar year. * Exceeded the 1,200 km target for the year by 411.5 km.
Bradford Digital Bradford Digital #9 — January 2026 — collaboration & partnerships — notes The ninth event run by Bradford Digital. The first I've been to, even though my office is right next to the hall at Assembly, where the events take place. In his warm and energetic opener Phil Myerscough - the person behind Bradford Digital - talked about plans for
events Product Tank Leeds — November 2025 notes Notes taken from Product Tank Leeds, Wednesday 19 November 2025. Contents * Talk 1 notes: Mark Palfreeman — Rejecting a culture of experimentation * Talk 2 notes: Jennifer Riordan — Building your backlog: leveraging user research * Talk 3 notes: John Steward — Sustainable AI for the design and delivery of greener products * Patterns and themes
month note Bi-monthly note — July and August 2025 Lyf Had a wedding, got married to my foxy bestie. We kept it small. We did a Google Doc to help people coming along, you might want to borrow from too (you might not). We’ve combined our surnames so I am now Simon Morgan-Wilson. I’ll start the aggro
Grimsby Town FC Won 20, drew 8, lost 18 On Saturday 3 May 2025, Grimsby Town played their last league game of the 2024-25 season, against AFC Wimbledon. A win for Grimsby and they would have made the end of season playoffs at the expense of their opponents that day. But they didn’t, they lost 1-0. As the
