Week 36

So yes – this week I finished my spell at the National Data Library / Office of the Chief Data Officer / Government Digital Service. It was a low-key ending – overshadowed a little by my boss finishing this week as well (which was pretty good cover all things considered). I was/am a little sad – I’ll miss the Kickstarter crew in particular and a number of the other folks I met along the way. I’ll also always appreciate how accommodating everyone was during/post my health scare. All that said, in general it has been a disappointing and short-lived adventure. The NDL I had imagined I was joining only really existed in my imagination it turned out and the overtly political (and sometimes Political) environment I found myself operating in was just not for me. Since the merger of the National Data Library programme into the Office for the Chief Data Officer in March I’ve found myself feeling more and more detached from the emerging direction/strategy (some of this obviously influenced by…