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Usually wrong. Never done.

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Full stops are just so... final.
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Number plate O V11NCE

I wonder what Vince did.
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#Weeknotes 484, featuring thinking big starting small, management by objectives, AI when there's no right answer, service patterns, sociotechnical principles, strategic levers, Mcdonaldization is not a product strategy and the elephant and the knowledge workers

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Weeknotes 484 | Roger Swannell
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November 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Imagine how much good you could do in the world with a trillion dollars.
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Copilot thinks my emails should be rewritten to be more professional. How rude.
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Reposted by Roger Swannell
Hallo!

The #GOV.UKDesignSystem team are looking for feedback on adding rounded corners to buttons, which we think will improve the usability of the component.

You can see and comment on our proposal on GitHub discussions: github.com/alphagov/gov...

Please take 3 mins to feed back.

🙌Danke,
Imran
Adding rounded corners to buttons · alphagov govuk-design-system · Discussion #4941
Background The Design System team is exploring new styling options, including rounded corners for buttons, following the GOV.UK brand refresh. We want to make sure the changes we make are not purel...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I might be wrong
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Mcdonaldization is not a product strategy.
November 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Sky flowers
November 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Number plate: AG11 LTY

She trains dogs to jump through hoops.
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#Weeknotes 483, featuring assessing opportunities, creating team coherence, insights library, a year of task tracking, fewer managers, agents shopping, written word channel and culture, flywheel or marginal gains, and blank slate vs building-on.

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November 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I never got a Bronze Swimming Certificate and I feel let down by the entire education system.
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Kanban rules my world
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 AM
No retreat. No surrender.
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Which country has the coolest prime minister?
October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If good software was all it took to create a good product, product management would be easy.
October 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
JFDI ASAP
October 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Outcomes over outpits

#TypoOfTheDay
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Welcome to a brand new day.
October 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
#Weeknotes 482, featuring policy changes for user needs, getting ahead of problems, competitive by design, what it takes to iterate, stage gates, alliance and adaption and coherence over coordination.

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October 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
How much is "Build the right thing, build the thing right" taken to mean "Build the right thing first time, build the right thing and be done"?
October 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Is national health a service?
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
- A little one for making sandcastles.
- A yellow one for mopping the floor.
- A tough black one for gardening.

This is my bucket list.
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
#Weeknotes 481, featuring design system, attribution model, leading minds, choice architecture, problem/solution matrix, outcomes and pluralistic product management

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October 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Where do sub-saharan mammals go to university?

The hippocampus.
October 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM