2025 in Review
2025 in review
Still in progress…
I haven’t really kept up with my weeknotes so here’s a running list of interesting things I want to remember in 2025.
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January
Fun
Art:
Books:
- The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
- The Art of the Straight Line by Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson
February
Fun
- Celebrating my birthday with good friends 🎉
Books:
Work:
- Visiting Barrow-in-Furness to deliver a one day workshop on OKRs for Ørsted Wind Energy
- Speaking to ~50 digital transformation folks at the British Film Institute on OKRs
Gigs:
- Maribou State at Ally Pally
- TDC Tunes: Electronic in the Tower
March
Travel:
- Amsterdam!
Gigs:
- Sub Focus at Ally Pally
- Tucan Band at Ninety One Living Room
- Experimental ambient shows at The Old Church in Stoke Newington
Art:
Blog posts:
April
Blog posts:
Books:
Travel:
- Norfolk where we joined the RSPB, and I visited Norwich Cathedral for the first time in 30 years
Gigs:
- Hania Rani at ICA
- Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein and Oh to Believe in Another World by William Kentridge at South Bank centre accompanied by a live performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No 10
Days out:
- The Warner Bros. Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter and enjoying it far more than I imagined.
May
Blog posts:
Celebrating my son’s 13 birthday with visits to:
- Horizon 22. Great views over London, terrific ice-cream, and FREE admission! Great alternative to the Shard.
- Hastings again–it’s becoming tradition!
Travel:
- Attending the excellent GDS Strategy & Assurance away day in Bristol
- 🎉 Michigan to celebrate my dad’s 80th birthday!
Gigs:
- Haribo Kimchi at Southbank Centre
- Dominique Dumont and World Brain at the ICA
June
Work
- Getting more buy-in from senior government folk to use our live delivery dashboard
Fun
- A visit from our Canadian friends!
- Visits to the Parliament Hill Fields Lido in Hampstead Heath
Inspiration:
- The latest Serpentine Pavilion designed by Marina Tabassum. My wife points out that a lot could be done with this money to help people who are struggling. She’s right, of course, but it is a beautiful object and place to sit and meet and exchange ideas and drink coffee.
- No Kings Day
- Iron and the soul by Henry Rollins
- AI 2027
Things I’ve made:
- Revamped my blog post on diversity & pride
July
Work
- Wrapped up my lean portfolio role with the UK’s Government Digital Service
- Held a fun half-day workshop with digital teams at BFI
Travel
- Visiting my sister, brother-in-law, and parents in the California
- Beach camping with longtime friends on the Olympic Peninsula
August
Work
- N/A 😉
Art
Fun
- Doing a London Mystery Guide walk with my son
- Visiting Bletchley Park with my son
- Camping & hiking with my son in the New Forest (so many ponies!)
- Discovering Strudel and attending a couple of super-fun live-coding events
Other
- Supporting my wife to write her master’s dissertation
September
Work
- Biz-dev for ad-hoc workshops
- Onboarding for a new longer term role with
Blog
- Revamped my blog post on how to write OKRs
- Wrote a new post about Aligning OKRs
- Cleaned up a few other bits
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