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Mark Dalgarno

@markdalgarno.bsky.social

Delivery @ http://createchange.io - Digital Transformation, UCD, Agile methods. He/Him. I don't speak for my clients. Organiser Agile Manchester, Agile Cambridge, Lean Agile Scotland, Ripples: Bristol, UX Scotland, SDinGov, Lean Agile Exchange

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Post a banger not in English.

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09.02.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perennial but a favourite #TypoOfTheDay forecats

09.02.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Policy Camp

Some of us @transformgovtalks.bsky.social & some great govt policy people are planning @policycamp.bsky.social - a new unconference for people who want to make govt policymaking even better

Help shape it - here's a short survey!

Microsoft Form: bit.ly/MSPolicyCamp
Google Form: bit.ly/GPolicyCamp

03.02.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Agile Manchester Agile Manchester - practical agile, lean & flow programme – 13–14 May 2026

The 10th edition of Agile Manchester will take place from May 13th-14th - agilemanchester.net

1 & 2 day tickets available now. Event programme here: agilemanchester.net/programme-2026

Thank you Booking.com and Autotrader for sponsoring. Additional sponsors sought: agilemanchester.net/sponsors

09.02.2026 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lean Agile Conferences in 2026 I’m co-organising three Lean Agile Conferences in 2026, read on…

This year's Lean Agile conferences:
medium.com/@markdalgarn...

I'm generally pretty lightly involved in event organisation these days but I am Programme Chair for Agile Cambridge and Co-Chair for Lean Agile Scotland.

08.02.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for Sessions Our Lean Agile Scotland call for sessions 2026 are open

Lean Agile Scotland returns to Edinburgh in October (29-30th)

Call for Sessions is now open: leanagile.scot/call-sessions

Conference theme: The Age of Disruption - leanagile.scot/age-disrupti...

08.02.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.

He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.

Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

08.02.2026 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1701    πŸ” 822    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 154
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BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, Credit Card Debt and Civil Service Pensions Calls for stronger rules protect people from getting into persistent credit card debt.

BBC Moneybox covering the Civil Service Pension / Capita crisis now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

07.02.2026 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hunter S. Thompson's ashes were blasted out of a cannon on this date 15 years ago 15 years ago today, Hunter S. Thompson's ashes were blasted out of a cannon at a ceremony held at the writer's home in Woody Creek, Colorado. Fireworks and Norman Greenbaum's 1969 anthem "Spirit in th...

Perhaps this type of thing would be more fitting: www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/hunter-...

06.02.2026 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Service Design in Government

Not long now until this year's Virtual SDinGov.

11th March, online.

Event programme: virtual.sdingov.net/programme-2026

06.02.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC One - The Repair Shop, Series 15, Episode 7, Restoring The Stranglers' keyboard Organ restorer David Burville restores a keyboard that once belonged to The Stranglers.

Keyboard playing friends, or Stranglers fans.

You might enjoy this part of this week's Repair Shop - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Restoring Dave Greenfield's keyboard - a core part of the original Stranglers sound.

Full episode here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

06.02.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A study at U Mass Amherst finds that Elon Musk manipulated Twitter to bolster the voice of the Neo Nazi Alternative fΓΌr Deutschland (AfD) before the German 2025 parliamentary elections. No surprises here. groups.cs.umass.edu/equate-ml/20...

05.02.2026 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 781    πŸ” 452    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 46

Not enough ROI in saving the planet.

05.02.2026 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Time to Talk Day - Mind The next Time To Talk Day is on 5 February 2026. Download our resources, and find out how to start a life changing conversation about mental health.

It’s vital that we continue breaking down the stigma surrounding mental health.

This Time to Talk Day is about encouraging everyone to have an honest conversation about mental health and well-being.

Mind has some excellent advice on how to get started ⬇️

www.mind.org.uk/get-involved...

05.02.2026 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Totally missed this until Mrs D. mentioned it this evening. Lucked out by travelling earlier in the day.

04.02.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NHS screening Find out about the different types of screening offered by the NHS in England.

As the government launches its landmark National Cancer Plan with the goal of saving 320,000 more lives, the NHS is urging Londoners to respond to their cancer screening invitations today.

04.02.2026 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

The facts are in folks, and they mean business

04.02.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably a good strategy if you want to manage a slow demise for your organisation.

04.02.2026 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We need to talk about tech baybee, the you and me Lets talk about all the good things and the bad things that maybe

Less than 100 days until the elections in Scotland and Wales and time to put technology and the digital world firmly on the table...

digitalpolicy.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

03.02.2026 08:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Exciting jobs klaxon! 🚨

We’re hiring 2x Heads of Delivery, one will be working with me in HFU πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ˜

26-27 is going to be a really exciting year for us as we mature our system and explore growth opportunities, and I need someone great by my side!

www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

26.01.2026 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

New show to me. That's a few hours of Youtube lined up.

03.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Boo!

03.02.2026 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Spaces are for people. Cars are a temporary solution to moving some of those people. Talking about cities as though they’re for cars is like saying music should be designed for a minidisc player.

02.02.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Quick Check Needed

Come join @rumens.uk and me at GDS Local as our Senior Delivery Manager.

Closing date: 9 Feb
Location: Bristol, London, Manchester.

Help us bridge central and local gov digital to create seamless experiences for users.
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

02.02.2026 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Despite the talking, I am honestly a delight to work with πŸ˜‚

I'm looking for a fractional Product leader/ Coach type role folks, 2/3 days a week, remote ideal but London based and can travel occasionally. Also available for workshops/ training/ away day type fun! Shout if you hear of anything? Ta πŸ––πŸ»

02.02.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
A group of people are smiling and interacting - a laptop shows computer code

A group of people are smiling and interacting - a laptop shows computer code

A woman looks over at a laptop screen of her colleague

A woman looks over at a laptop screen of her colleague

Two women are talking to each other and smiling

Two women are talking to each other and smiling

A woman is talking expressively as she presents whilst a man smiles in the background

A woman is talking expressively as she presents whilst a man smiles in the background

A group of volunteers have been running @nhshackday.com since 2012. In a crazy world, it is all about coming together with common purpose to solve problems in our health service. Please reshare this post about #30 in Cardiff Mar 21/22. We would love to have you join us. ti.to/nhshackday/3...

01.02.2026 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for Sessions Our SDinGov call for sessions is now open

SDinGov 2026 Call for Sessions is open: govservicedesign.net/call-sessions

Conference theme: Democratising Design

/ @sdingov.bsky.social

01.02.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stubbs.

31.01.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good to see this update.

Too many folks taking a tech-centric approach to services built with AI.

31.01.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I saw Hamnet last night. They're still suppressing it.

31.01.2026 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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