Matt Edgar @mattedgar@mastodon.me.uk

Found a lot of conversations about change at work getting tangled up in mismatched assumptions about what timeframe we're imagining. Made myself a little tool to clarify that at the start of every meeting

There's some new infrastructure for horseless carriages too, apparently. Didn't fancy joining them here

Not all finished but I can see what it's going to be. Good job, Leeds Council, and all the campaigners who hold the transport planners to account

Sunday morning cycle to check out the vast new cycle network that is opening to the north and east of Leeds. Lovely to see families using it to ride safely together

Back from summer holiday part 2: a week in Avignon travelling by Eurostar and TGV

Heading home after a week in Venice and Treviso, with day trips to Vicenza and Padua

My latest home office accessory: a William Morris-inspired door sign to indicate the nature of work within

Happy 74th #NHSBirthday to all my brilliant colleagues #NHSBigTea

As a skeptic of accelerationism, I enjoyed this perspective on Victorian anxieties, including the diagnosis of "train heart" and doctors' reaction to the original telemedicine
https://twitter.com/agnesjuliet/status/1541436146386980866?t=mrH-XIyIeAppd28x6_VOfg&s=09

Great to see the importance of #UserCentredDesign reiterated in today's plan for digital health and social care, with bonus link to the #NHS digital service manual
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-plan-for-digital-health-and-social-care/a-plan-for-digital-health-and-social-care#user-centred-design

Agree with everything in this brilliant post. Premature convergence on a platform that isn't has caused waste, delay, and dissatisfaction in every large organisation I've worked for
https://federal-field-notes.ca/articles/2021-06-21-you-dont-need-a-platform-you-need-one-thing-that-works/#the-bear-trap-of-pre-emptive-platform-planning

Just supposing someone wanted to invest in companies that stand out in their sector because they tick Q.22, box b "employ or obtain product or service design skills" in the UK Innovation Survey, where should they look?
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-innovation-survey-2021-report

Important non-exec board roles with my employer #NHS England. Come and hold us to account
https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/non-executive-directors-of-nhs-england/

Day trip to Windermere where we had this beautiful #ArtsAndCrafts interior almost to ourselves
https://lakelandarts.org.uk/blackwell/

✅ Hire #UserCentredDesign professionals
✅ #CoDesign with people who have lived experience
✅ "Good Design Comes Before Effective Science"
https://mental.jmir.org/2022/6/e35591/

Now my Macbook's touchbar is telling me how to feel

Back home after a short visit to family. Can you guess the county?

Today's the day this long weekend has been building up to: the 250th anniversary of Joseph Priestley inventing fizzy drinks and open sourcing his method. Raise a toast with something artificially sparkling!

Newly published Digital, Data and Technology essentials for senior civil servants - we should expect the same of senior #NHS leaders too
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-data-and-technology-essentials-for-senior-civil-servants/digital-data-and-technology-essentials-for-senior-civil-servants

Just a few days to go until the 250th anniversary of #OpenSource fizzy drinks. Hope you have something artificially sparkling at the ready to celebrate