Turned on the news 😭😭😭 If only it was as easy and flicking an off switch in life

Two days of amazing brain food with leading modern public services @cdps.bsky.social today we even had a challenge soundtrack made 👏👏 Thanks folks and Llandudno for being amazing

Public service power rangers assemble, (avengers didn’t seem right) awesome day in Llandudno with @cdps.bsky.social delivering ‘leasing modern public services’ we didn’t quite have sea view on room, but sea view was accessible

I sometimes thinking about this Canon ad with Godzilla at a copy machine when I’m feeling sad

“I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others” Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde 👏 #believeInLove #aceAtAnyAge #lettering #strength #chooselove

I was asked “Are there specific steps we should take or any tips that could give us an unfair advantage?” the other day for an interview - apparently I answered this - which I’m quite proud of past Tash for coming up with 😹

Doodling out the curse of knowledge - and Woodstock and the teachers in snoopy kept coming into my head.. sprinkled a little covey quote on this as I love the “seek first to understand, then to be understood” chapter. #stephenCovet #team #behaviour #thrive

“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change” Wayne Dyer #change #design #drawing #ucd #slowroastedco #typography #behaviour

been listening to @janethughes.bsky.social future farming podcast while looking for examples of policy design, ep5 with Sarah Evered delivered the goods, I then tootled off to read more, along with a great blog on being bold, I found this brilliant answer to the Q “to do your job well you need…”

*holding the bright screen displaying every bad thing in the world happening all at once 3 inches from my face “why can’t I sleep?”

The grass is always greener where you water it #lettering #illustration #grassgreener #hope #thrive #alive

Finalllllly well enough to go back to the gym- and my look was a vibe tonight 😂

You may have done the salary dance, it’s not fair and it’s not def not something that would get a 10 out of 10 on strictly. I found out…repeatedly different moves you could pull-like negotiating?! It never occurred to me-however it did to several peers who came in way over me in💰for same role

#ServicesWeek to return for its seventh year ✨ Please share and save the date: 17 to 21 March 2025 This event series aims to grow service literacy and is open to all UK public servants. Take part if you can! #ServiceDesign #GovDesign #LocalGov #LocalDigital services.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/19/s...

“Different listeners - listen differently” simple but very true Beth Rafulski ‘autistic autism researcher’ stated this, it joined some dots in my mind tash-willcocks.medium.com/different-li... #illustration #activelistening #curiosity #behaviour

Afternoon off so I drew some hippos… and wrote about HiPPOs obviously 😂 tash-willcocks.medium.com/how-to-help-... #design #hippo #illustration #sketch #doodle

Left had a black out hood, right was on the light, both delicious- 100% my new food/hobby Sprouting FTW #sprouting

I met the mother of all ‘Norman doors’ last night, I head butted it 3 time?!?! The first time I was running from the toilet and almost knocked myself out 😂 it had all the normal passive aggressive ‘PULL!!!’ Signs.. still did it- honestly I love them, and find them fascinating

Il admit I spat my tea out at the “start up” comments this morning - but there’s been some sensible folks who listened to it all and read transcripts first- like this

The crab effect, comes from the behavior of crabs in a bucket, (I’d like to say they should not be in the bucket-but il stay on track) so where a single crab could escape the crab effect is that they pile on, pull others back, resulting in the entire crabby bucket clans demise….

Getting all my sharks in a row on correlation vs causation Tho realised I’ve managed to spell correlation again the way my brain WANTS to spell it

Does it still count as consuming the whole book…when I fall asleep during an audio book and listen to all of it?

We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are Anaïs Nin Our perception of the world is shaped by our experiences, beliefs & biases. Wrapped in a layer of fleshy human emotions Rather than an objective reality Not everyone sees or experiences the world through our lens. #youAreNotTheUser

Big weekend to all my top notch weirdlings out there 😻 #weird #illustration #doodle #sketch

I’m usually good for putting alt text on drawings but on here I’m not- on twitter there was a great bit reminder you could follow and it commented underneath if you didn’t add alt text… anyone seen something on here like that?

Awesome few days in Swansea wrapping up the leading modern public services course. We finished with a design sprint the ideas really were 👌👌 digitalpublicservices.gov.wales/courses-and-... #wales #ucd #leadership #publicService

I’ve convinced myself Rory is just an old political Eddie

Will my train get to Swansea… that’s the question Mostly cancellation’s, delays and very angry shouting folks… let’s remember it’s not that train humans fault there is flooding 😬😢🥰

I’m having a book memory lane train …. Ride tomorrow Black box thinking, rebel ideas both ready to reread and added in bounce as I don’t think I ever read it… Syed rides again train 🥳🥳

Was just randomly singing ‘tell me why’ on the train so thought it was a sign to share - The Five Whys Venn - on here 🥳😂 #venn #lettering #diagram #5Whys #simonSinek #backstreetBoys

I love socks.. these were a present from BHAM fest - and I love them 🥳🥳 all design festivals should have socks

Addressing conflict doodles Conflict in teams is normal, in some ways if handled in a mature way healthy even, the great Dale Hunter points out a lack of conflict may signal apathy or boredom in teams- her book on facilitation is 👌👌 if you have not read it #conflict #teams #design

Just finished talking at British Colombia gov design - what a lovely bunch of humans, had some visitors from Sweden and uk in there I noticed - ace eve thanks for the invite lovely humans of the internet - few odd snap shots 😂😂

In more personal news-after soaking and cooking a big batch of chick peas for hummus making-then remembering I was in Scotland all week working… I found chick peas freeze perfectly well 🥳🥳 New hummus now whipped up ready for week Seaweed and lemon flavour and it’s gooooooood 👌👌

Couple more feedback cats, all about the stinky first and enabling learning today #feedback #illustration #drawing #doodle #feedbackcats

Feedback cats … because, why not #feedback #design #learning #doodle

Our gym gave us amazing water bottles But we now all have the same water bottle and keep stealing each others … sooooo #gymlife #waterbottle #doodle #sketch #skull

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. Marian Wright Edelman #lettering #illustration #design #drawing #sketch #doodle #slowroastedco #education #learning

Was in Wales recently to deliver a new workshop on visual facilitation, visuals, facilitation, 2 things I love! 🥳 Shared a few learnings on the way join me in the thread

“To create psychological safety in our organizations, we must let go of our natural tendency to avoid and run away from difficult emotions.” – Karolin Helbig #lettering #illustration #psychologicalsafety #team

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson I do like drawing a ball 😂 #team #teamisEverything #design #basketball #ucd #slowroastedco #drawing #doodle #sketch

I know how to rock out on a Saturday night…..

Facilitating with soaking wet feet for 2 days is not something I want to repeat. But it was worth for a wonderful Welsh walk What I felt was a success in mixing up the groups so they could meet new people more than I normally would… I will be repeating 🥳🥳

I recently got pulled to the side by airport security who asked if I had a knife in my pocket. I have a coat with GIANT POCKETS, but I was pretty certain I had not squirrelled away a knife in them. I paused before answering oddly, but then answered no…

Ok…. Who should I follow folks? I love #design #cats #culture #systemsLeadership #leadership #contentDesign #ServiceDesign #userResearch #ixd #ucd #GovDesign #innovation you get the idea…. Any suggestions welcome