TL;DR: First Board meeting. Ward visit. Time with two leadership teams. Asking loads of questions. [week ending 27/01/2023] Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? I had a chat with Andrew Fearn, who worked as Director of Digital Services for many years. It was good to pick his…

TL;DR: First week at NUH. Sharing my User Manual for Me. Asking loads of questions. [week ending 20/01/2023] Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? Pretty much all of this first week at NUH was internally focussed, but I did join the first part of the weekly national…

This is an upgrade as I join Nottingham University Hospitals. Backwards compatibility with V2.0 is not guaranteed. What is a User Manual for Me? Manual of Me says it is “a simple document which helps you communicate your working preferences, motivations and needs, so we can all work better together.” Cassie says: “There are lots of ways…

TL;DR: Last week at UHN. Completing handover notes. Lovely times with fabulous colleagues. [week ending 13/01/2023] Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? I had a quick call with someone I’m mentoring. We talked about presenting a case for chance to the Exec team, plus some personal development…

TL;DR: Personality assessment of motives and strengths. Feedback to candidates. End date looms large. [week ending 06/01/2023] Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? I had a conversation with Amy and Nicci about the Midlands Digital Health Skills Development Network. …

I’ve been doing this annual goal setting since the end of 2018. I’ve found it good way to keep track and more effective than New Years Resolutions. TL;DR: Most targets from 2022 rolled forward, two removed and two added.

As has been my habit for a few years, at the end of 2021, I set out some personal goals for 2022, which get reviewed every quarter. Links to previous reviews in 2022… #1, #2, #3. Here goes for the end of year review. Here’s the TL;DR summary from the…

Over the last four years, I’ve been pretty reliable at creating a weeknote at the end of the week, refelecting on the past 5–7 days. Looking back, what have I learnt? What is Weeknoting.. and Why? Before reflecting on the past four years, it is worth a quick detour to recap on what weeknotes are…

TL;DR: Concluding the Group CDIO interviews. Industrial Action x 2. Bookclub: Discussing team disfunctions. Paediatric visits. [week ending 23/12/2022] What did you learn? This week was a continuation of indistrial action. A strike days for the RCN on Tuesday at Kettering and a strike of the Ambulance service on Wednesday…