A lot of my colleagues are experiencing the combined effects of the third national lockdown, home-schooling, pressure to deliver, and the freezing cold weather. Sometimes we need to have some hard conversations about priorities and team behaviours, and doing these remotely doesn’t make it easy to read how people are feeling.
Seeing the practice leads for the Digital Services Delivery profession that I lead, all together on Teams for the first time in ages. …
I struggled with procrastination a few times this week, perhaps accentuated by prospect of continued home working stretching out ahead of me. There are some things on my to-do list that I meant to get done in the working time between Christmas and New Year, didn’t quite get to them, and now other stuff keeps popping in ahead of them in my priorities. I should stop and think why I have a block against these particular tasks. Or just get them out of the way anyway.
There was a team stand-up where everything clicked and I saw the team working…
Originally published at http://blog.mattedgar.com on January 10, 2021.
What inspired me this week?
What leadership teamwork did I see?
How did I uphold the NHS Constitution?
The NHS pledges…
What connections did I make?
What feedback did I give?
Back to weeknoting after a hiatus when my time was consumed with other things. Thanks to Rachel for the nudge I needed to get back into the habit.
What inspired me this week?
A double edition covering the 2 weeks since I got back from holiday…
What inspired me this fortnight?
What inspired me this week?
How did I uphold the NHS Constitution?
A four-day working week after a long weekend on the lovely Northumbrian coast.
What inspired me this week?
Associate director of design and user research, and digital profession lead @NHSDigital. Views my own. https://blog.mattedgar.com/