It’s a cliché to use a cliché to say don’t use clichés, BUT avoid clichés like the plague. They flow so easily that it’s hard to notice them, especially when you’re working fast. That’s one thing a good editor is good for – to de-cliché your writing to make it more precise and fresh. (6/n)

UK Coal xkcd.com/2992

Many testers/QEs find themselves doing a lot of "glue work" for the team. Katja Obring joined me and @janetgregoryca.bsky.socialwww.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ei...#HolisticTesting#AgileTesting

Glue work - benefits and pitfalls | Episode #29

YouTube video by Agile Testing Fellow

Mazzucato making powerful sense www.channel4.com/news/labours...

Labour’s investment plan has to be ‘more than patchy policies’ says economist

We were joined by economist and University College London professor Mariana Mazzucato.

Just did this. It was defaulted “on”

Another great piece from @johncutle.fishopen.substack.com/pub/cutlefis...

TBM 310: Trees, Journeys, and Loops (and the Functional Model Trap)

After conducting hundreds of North Star workshops, I noticed a pattern.

A very good thread. It’s important to remember the scale of the disaster which was Connecting for Health which Tonty’s last brilliant idea for how the NHS could be transformed by AI, sorry, Tech. Fujitsu paid £628 million for failure after DHSC spent an additional £56 million losing a court case.

What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders. - There's no such thing as "learning styles".

Richard has always had a superpower for interrogating the complex and drawing out what matters in a way that makes you think it was obvious all along. Platformland brings together Richard’s decades of experience, reflection and study of platforms. Order here: anatomyofpublicservices.com