My ‘week’ this week has actually been 2 days. I came down with a horrible lurgy on Tuesday and didn’t leave my bed for 48 hours. Despite this, I’ve felt relatively productive…here’s how… Put your priorities in your calendar I listened to an MTP podcast ages ago that talked about how, when interviewed, product people often…

Last week was tiring. Which is why I’m writing these on Sunday. I don’t want to get out of the habit of writing and reflecting every week, so maybe I need to think about setting aside time to write these on my Thursdays… Now, Next, Later roadmapping We presented a first version of our…

This week I worked one day in our Manchester office, one from home and two days from Belfast. It’s the first time I’ve travelled by plane since the pandemic, so it was fun flying in the ‘megabus with propellers glued to the side’, as my boss described it 😂 The value of face to face collaboration It…

This week has been really energising. I’ve had 3 days in the office and the time with colleagues has been so productive (and fun!). We’ve got loads of ideas for how to take the business forward and the energy is palpable. I love working in this context. RATs vs prototypes vs MVPs vs PoCs I’m doing a…

Well, we had 24 hours of good family health, before D&V hit. In some ways I feel that two vomiting children when you’re not well yourself is a parenting right of passage. Though one I could happily have foregone. So my week did not go as planned. …

This week I finally made it back into the office after a month of train strikes, illness and holidays. It felt soooo good to be back, working with people IRL and feeling the buzz of Manchester city centre. ‘Presenting the unknown’ My CPO and I gave a talk to the product folk at…

At the beginning of December I started writing weeknotes…and then stopped after my second issue. That wasn’t intentional. I just got sick. And then so did my family… When I came back to work in January I was upfront with my team that Christmas hadn’t been much of a break…

This week I feel like every waking second of my days has been spent trying to reduce my work or personal to do lists and I think they’ve both just gotten longer! I’ve finally made some good progress on thinking and planning around our big strategic bets for next year…

I’ve decided to start writing weeknotes. I’ve just joined Vypr as their first Head of Product. I’m returning to work 4 days a week (80% not compressed hours) after 8 months of maternity leave with my second son. These notes are for me; to help me learn, reflect and grow…