Week 33, 34, 35: a bumper edition

We ran a team workshop to discuss our internal knowledge base idea. I think it went well, it felt as if people spoke quite freely which isn’t always →

Week 32: alignment and expectations

Had a slightly strange working week where we were grappling with some big questions about work priorities. It became clear people didn’t quite have →

Week 31: bits and pieces

So we finally launched our content on best interests decisions. Months of research, writing and iterating. Probably our biggest exploration on any →

Week 30: how to prioritise internal systems and needs

My last weeknote explained how I’d been playing around with the GOV.UK Prototype Kit to mock-up our page on best interests decisions. It worked →

Week 29: DNR decisions, conscious competence and prototyping

We released a report last week which showed medics are still really bad at communicating DNR (do not resuscitate) decisions. It’s pretty depressing →

Week 28: content crit, complexity and clarification

We finally got round to putting our first content iteration of our webpage on best interests in front of staff this week. I always find these a bit →

Week 27: writing and content testing

I read a few things in the past few weeks which reminded me how important good writing, and writers are. In difficult moments, I think society needs →

Week 26: findings, oh shit banners, reading age and the power of TV

Bit of a slow start to 2024. But, we’ve finally got a list of findings from our research into best interests decision-making. We found these blogs →

Week 25: thinking about this past year

Looking back at my reflections at end of 2022 I’m struck by how much there was to ponder. Some really big things. I thought about funeral literacy →

Week 24: Resilience and my reading

I had several chats this week which made me think about how well we’re all doing. I don’t think anyone’s really recknoned with the pandemic and its →