Your Slack didn't used to feel like this. There was a time when a message arriving in a channel meant something had happened that someone thought you should know. Now it means Billy from sales has had …
The Engineering Management Route in 2026: My Honest P.O.V.
Someone on my team asked me recently whether they should move into engineering management. Strong senior IC — technically excellent, good communicator, starting to feel the ceiling. Three years ago …
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The Quiet Surrender
Putt's Law states that technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand. Its corollary is unsettling: …
A new chapter opens for me at the Co-op
I'm on the road to Manchester in what is going to be my weekly commute from now on: today is my first day as Membership Services Director at the Co-op Digital Team. This is the role of a lifetime: …
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Goodbye EDF Energy, it’s been amazing
The first week of August 2011 I walked into the EDF Energy office in Hove with the challenge to lead the Digital team and the ambition to transform our customers' lives through Digital. EDF Energy was …
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A new chapter opens for me at EDF
Holidays are over: after a couple of weeks of glorious sunshine and paella in Benidorm I started my new job at EDF Energy on Monday. In front of me lies a wonderful green field lush with possibility. …