I'm re-reading, "What if boldness were an explicit value of the civil service?" medium.com/public-innov... by @janethughes.bsky.social published 26 January 2016.

I'm reading, "What’s New in Fedora Workstation 44" fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fe... by Matthias Clasen for @fedora.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy published 28 April 2026. #opensource #linux #desktop

I'm listening to, "Why voice notes are huge in some countries but not the UK" www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... by Ashitha Nagesh for BBC Reporter Reads published 27 April 2026.

Q: Jonathan Slater's answer to Civil Service reform at @transformgovtalks.bsky.social this evening? A: Open up (stop working in secret). #CivilService #government #reform

Q: I wonder who'll ask Jonathan Slater about his 2021 April Fools tweet at @transformgovtalks.bsky.social tonight? 🙂 x.com/_JonathanSla...

And if you're interested in @transformgovtalks.bsky.social you may also be interested in @policycamp.bsky.social Some exciting news to follow soon - sign up for updates at policycamp.org.uk

Right! I'm marching over to #Brighton railway station and heading to #London for @transformgovtalks.bsky.social April 2026 session at the Ministry of Justice featuring former permanent secretary Jonathan Slater on Civil Service reform luma.com/7nu2j853 (along with 87 fellow peeps). #excited

Personal standup for Wednesday 29 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/xCwSl... featuring The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) Data and Digital Industry Working Group, my TPR Innovation and Design team and @transformgovtalks.bsky.social April #London meetup luma.com/7nu2j853. #WorkInPublic #PensionsInnovation

I'm listening to,"Chernobyl at 40: Is nuclear power back in fashion?" open.spotify.com/episode/0x3F... by Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar for the BBC World Service published 26 April 2026. #Chernobyl #nuclear #NuclearPower

Personal standup for Tuesday 28 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/5JV8W... featuring @tprgovuk.bsky.social colleagues @imhuyorks.bsky.social and Lucy Stone, #Brighton and The Pensions Data and Digital Industry Working Group. #WorkInOpen #pensions #innovation #PensionsInnovation

Personal standup for Monday 27 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/tAWSR... featuring @tprgovuk.bsky.social's Brighton office Telecom House and Lucy Stone. #WorkInPublic #Pensions #Innovation #PensionsInnovation

Personal standup for Friday 24 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/Tf1Jb... featuring @tprgovuk.bsky.social's executive committee, me Dad and #Barmouth, #Cymru / #Wales.

I'm watching, "How to upgrade to Pro from the Framework Laptop 13" youtu.be/JSxgCEpkiKM by Nirav Patel and Shawn Lin for @frame.work published 22 April 2026.

Personal standup for Thursday 23 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/UGLmr... featuring @tprgovuk.bsky.social's Executive Committee (ExCo) and a paper I'm writing for them about the Pensions Data and Digital Industry Working Group. #WorkInPublic 🙂 #FeelTheFear 😬 #DoItAnyway ✅

Our next event! 🚨 6PM, WED 29th April 🚨 At the MoJ or online. Lisa Trickey and Rebekah Wilson, LGA : LG2040: The State of Things to Come ​Jonathan Slater (ex DfE Perm Sec), Visiting Professor at King’s College London and QMUL luma.com/7nu2j853 Please share! Thanks 🙏

Open Data Camp (@odcamp.uk) is coming to #Birmingham on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November 2026 💚💚💚 www.odcamp.uk/open-data-ca... Tickets will be free (as always) and available soon. #excited 🙂 #CivicTech #OpenData #unconference

I'm reading, "Re‑imagining pensions for real life in the digital age" www.scottishwidows.co.uk/workplace-in... by Richard Brown for Scottish Widows. Published April 2026. #Pensions #Innovation #PensionsInnovation

Personal standup for Tuesday 21 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/5o5CY... featuring 1️⃣ Pensions Regulator colleagues Mark Hill & @imhuyorks.bsky.social, 2️⃣ @oneteamgov.bsky.social in #Manchester + Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. #WorkInPublic #Pensions #Innovation #PensionsInnovation

Personal standup for Monday 20 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/Eb6UD... (YouTube short) featuring @iafenglandwales.bsky.social's #Facilitate2026 conference and @tprgovuk.bsky.social's Pensions Data and Digital Industry Working Group. #WorkInPublic #Pensions #Innovation #PensionsInnovation

Good night #Staffordshire 🌄

Session on #AI at #Facilitate2026 - asked the ChatGPT participant about what humans can do better Tools and process are all more efficiently managed by AI. Yet it cannot do four big things. #facilitation

In the #Facilitate2026 wrap up, facilitator Paul V Kelly asks us to A.C.T. by writing down: 🔴 1 Action and by when, 🟢 1 Commitment (ongoing), 🔵 1 Take away. Mine are: 🔴 a blog post by 20 April, 🟢 attend IAF #Manchester, 🔵 #facilitation = change 🙂

Personal standup for Saturday 18 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/UYQng... (YouTube Short) featuring @iafenglandwales.bsky.social's #Facilitate2026 conference, #Birmingham, Damascena and @janethughes.bsky.social ♥️

Post #Facilitate2026 day 1 reflection and food in Moseley, #Birmingham at the awesome Damascena www.damascena.co.uk Thanks to @iafenglandwales.bsky.social for filling me with ideas.

Hoped to make Olayinka Lagunju's #Facilitate2026 session, "For those who hold the room" padlet.com/IAFFacilitat... ...but I'm almost completely done 🫩 Been a busy week of interesting, but very intense stuff. Will try the quiet room. Wake me up if I snore please @iafenglandwales.bsky.social 😴

My 1st #Facilitate2026 session. "It's not about you... Overcoming self-doubt as a facilitator" by Natalie Savery.

Paul Brand from @iafenglandwales.bsky.social shares tips about #Facilitate026. #Familar #Unfamiliar #InnerEar

Right 🙂 I'm away to #Birmingham for the 2 day #Facilitate2026 event run by @iafenglandwales.bsky.social. See the agenda and a whole lot more at padlet.com/IAFFacilitat... #car #drive #driving

#offline 202604161938

I'm re-listening to, "Theme from Harry's Game" youtu.be/4zHTcxVjX0I by Clannad, released October 1982. #RIPMoyaBrennan

Looking forward to #Facilitate2026 in #Birmingham tomorrow and Saturday 18 April 2026 🙂 It's my first in-person @iafenglandwales.bsky.social event, so I've opted to volunteer (I'm #Autistic, have #ADHD + other challenges, so structure at new things helps, e.g. volunteering). #accessibility #a11y

Personal standup for Thursday 16 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/sGlsj... featuring lots of lovely @tprgovuk.bsky.social colleagues - thank you all for your ongoing help with the Pensions Data and Digital Industry Working Group 🙂👍🏻 Very, very much appreciated. #WorkInPublic #PensionsInnovation

I'm listening to, "Seven Nation Army" (2003) open.spotify.com/track/3dPQuX... by The White Stripes.

Personal stand-up for Wednesday 15 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/-LsAM... (YouTube Short) featuring The Pensions Regulator (TPR) colleagues Paul Neville, Anita Hockin, @leannemgriff.bsky.social, Ellis Hatch, Sarah Meyers, @lisaallen.bsky.social and Louise Gubbins. #WorkInPublic #daily #standup

Personal stand up for Monday 13 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/NC3ep... (YouTube Short) featuring The Pensions Regulator's Data and Digital Industry Working Group 🙂 #WorkInPublic #daily #pensions #innovation #pensionsinnovation

Our next event! 🚨 6PM, WED 29th April 🚨 At the MoJ or online. Lisa Trickey and Rebekah Wilson, LGA : LG2040: The State of Things to Come ​Jonathan Slater (ex DfE Perm Sec), Visiting Professor at King’s College London and QMUL luma.com/7nu2j853 Please share! Thanks 🙏

Personal stand up for Monday 13 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/tVFey... (YouTube Short) featuring The Pensions Regulator's Data and Digital Industry Working Group. #WorkInPublic #daily #coaching #structure #leadership

What a ride 🙂 #artemis2 #artemisiII

No personal stand up today, as I'm looking after me Dad in Brum ( #Birmingham, #England, that is ). #carer

Personal stand up for Thursday 9 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/HEK8S... (YouTube Short) featuring The Pensions Regulator (TPR) colleagues Steven Daly, Gareth Sumpter, Dan Hay and Paul Neville. Thank you all 🙏🏻 #WorkInPublic #daily #standup #happy #collaboration #community

Personal standup for Wednesday 8 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/EzC5G... (YouTube Short) featuring The Pensions Regulator's Data & Digital Industry Working Group www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/about-us/... and my Directors Paul Neville, @lisaallen.bsky.social and Anita Hockin. #PensionsInnovation

Personal stand up for Tuesday 7 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/mwlbk... (YouTube Short) featuring ‪The Pensions Regulator‬'s @lisaallen.bsky.social (Director of Data Services) + Pensions Data and Digital Industry Working Group. Plus Nasa's #Artemis2. #WorkInPublic #daily #standup #PensionsInnovation

Sheesh! I did some stuff this week trello.com/c/f4Zn4Yg5 😫 Roll on the #BankHoliday (s) 🥚🍫

Late lunch and watching, "Best of Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff) [from SHOWTIME's #Billions]" youtu.be/GH6lph-Jb2c published 21 September 2022 on YouTube.

Personal stand up for Thursday 2 April 2026 youtube.com/shorts/jV6G1... (YouTube Short). Featuring DWP #Manchester, @imhuyorks.bsky.social, The Pensions Regulator's #Innovation and #Design team + Data & Digital Industry Working Group, @paulneville.bsky.social and #Cheadle #Community #Library.

Loving @nsfvoyager2.bsky.social #AprilFools prank over on X (Twitter) x.com/i/status/203.... Good job @nasajpl.bsky.social #SocialMedia peeps 🙂 Good job 👍🏻

No personal standup today over on youtube.com/@jacattell Q1: Did you miss seeing me standup today? Q2: If so, why? 🤔 Q3: Anyway, how's you? 🙂 #WorkInPublic #PensionsInnovation

A request for poetry suggestions! I'm looking for more archaeologists who also write poetry - as I'd love to read their work. If you know of any contemporary archaeologist-poets please add links/names to this thread (picture of Stonehenge because why not!)

If you're in #Manchester on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, come join the in-person One Team Gov North breakfast chat and/or all-day coworking luma.com/oneteamgov-n.... #OneTeamGov #PublicSector #coworking Public sector employees only.

Is your organisation making regular backups of your most important data?🗃️ This #WorldBackupDay, find out how to take the most effective steps to prepare your organisation for potential malware and ransomware attacks: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/mitigating-malware-and-ransomware-attacks