Sarah Lay

Sliding into half term week with getting practical reboot activity started at LocalGov Digital, checking out LocalGov IMS and thinking about the place of music journalism in the modern age

LocalGov Digital's next chapter begins - and I'm taking on the role of Chair

A week of good fortune with Content Design London training, the release of a new record from Reckless Yes and looking on the bright side of having to have a new roof on my house

A podcast with great colleagues about service and user-centred design, the power of saying no, and a reminder from the past about what the future could hold

A mixed bag of recommendations this week - from music to managing finances, independent videogames to accessibility guidelines.

Pivoting content strategy as AI snippets on search kill clickthroughs, protecting innovators from the corporate immune system. and finding happiness each day as the years go by fast

Another #weeknote - this week thoughts on organisational culture, more on that tricky transformation, and unexpected learnings

Once more with feeling - why organisations really should care about every type of content and the specialism needed to design it to achieve measurable outcomes

A good return on a little discomfort, the power of being able to say no, and thinking about what to learn next

Musing on progress to consistently deliver even basic digital public services I've found myself asking is intention the enemy of action?

Deliberately challenging myself to break the block and start working in the open more deliberately