September 2026

I started the month off with Product for the People in Bristol and the release of my chat with Russell about working in the open (though it seems to be the slight sidetrack into the importance of communities that people clicked with most) and finishing at the National Data Library. I covered all of that in Week 36 though. Since then I’ve been having a mini-sabbatical I suppose. It is a bit longer than a vacation but not as long as a career break . On the work front I am in the final paperwork stages of signing up with three clients for the next few months. I have lined up ‘coaching’ engagements with two organisations – one in Health and the other in Justice. Ticking a couple more off my Pokemon list (Gotta Catch ‘Em All). I’m also doing a little bit of product strategy advisory work for a local Govtech company I’ve been friendly with for longer than any of us want to admit. For the coaching stuff I wrote a blogpost about how I see my ‘Practice’ shaping up. What I think I can offer and…