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James Arthur Cattell

@jacattell.bsky.social

Bring us together, make things better. @janethughes.bsky.social's husband (-: https://www.cattell.com I run The Pensions Regulator's Data and Digital Industry Working Group.

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Agreed πŸ™‚

06.03.2026 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why they increase? πŸ™‚

06.03.2026 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
An enthusiastic meme featuring a stick-figure character with wide eyes, a massive open-mouthed, and one arm raised triumphantly. The character has a small blonde tuft of hair, wears a pink shirt, and holds a broom in the other hand. Behind them is a large, jagged yellow explosion or sunburst effect on a white background. Bold, white text with black outlines reads: "LIST ALL THE THINGS."

An enthusiastic meme featuring a stick-figure character with wide eyes, a massive open-mouthed, and one arm raised triumphantly. The character has a small blonde tuft of hair, wears a pink shirt, and holds a broom in the other hand. Behind them is a large, jagged yellow explosion or sunburst effect on a white background. Bold, white text with black outlines reads: "LIST ALL THE THINGS."

On the way home from facilitating an away day.

Started writing 2 lists:
1) things to improve,
2) things to celebrate.

My improve list is 4 times longer than my celebrate list.

Not because I have a negative mindset.

But because I'm good at spotting things to fix.

Right? πŸ™‚

05.03.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Personal stand up for Tuesday 3 March. 2026
YouTube video by James Arthur Cattell Personal stand up for Tuesday 3 March. 2026

Personal stand up for 3 March 2026, in the format of yesterday, today and any blockers youtube.com/shorts/dnc4f... (YouTube Short).

#WorkingInTheOpen

03.03.2026 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Personal stand-up for Wednesday 25 February 2026. #WorkingInTheOpen
YouTube video by James Arthur Cattell Personal stand-up for Wednesday 25 February 2026. #WorkingInTheOpen

Personal stand-up for Wednesdays 25 February 2026 youtube.com/shorts/dv6ow... (YouTube short).

Yesterday = morning off + research and design tasks in the afternoon.

Today = meetings.

Blockers = bit tired as slept away from home last night.

#WorkingInTheOpen

25.02.2026 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Personal stand up for Friday 20 February 2026
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Personal stand-up for Friday 20 February 2026 youtube.com/shorts/Xj70d... (YouTube Short) in the format of yesterday, today and any blockers.

#WorkingInTheOpen

20.02.2026 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Personal stand-up for Thursday 19 February 2026
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Personal stand-up for Thursday 19 February 2026 in the format yesterday, today and any blockers youtube.com/shorts/DUErZ... (YouTube Short).

(Recorded on my morning walk, but didn't get around to posting till this afternoon).

#WorkingInTheOpen

19.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Personal stand up for Tuesday 17  February 2026
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Personal stand-up for Tuesday 17 February 2026 youtube.com/shorts/SCfYu... (YouTube Short).

#workingintheopen

17.02.2026 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TransformGov Talks: February 2026 Β· Luma Liam Hawkes, Principal Service Designer, and Violette Gadenne, Senior User Researcher, Policy and Innovation Lab (CoLab), Home Office, on setting the scene,…

🚨 6PM, WED 25 February 🚨

At the MoJ or online.

Liam Hawkes and Violette Gadenne, CoLab HO on service design in a spending review

​James Plunkett, Kinship Works, on the energy at the edgesβ€Š-β€Šand how the centre can spread it

luma.com/q19znan6

Please share! Thanks πŸ™

16.02.2026 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
Personal stand-up for Monday 16 February 2026
YouTube video by James Arthur Cattell Personal stand-up for Monday 16 February 2026

Personal stand-up for Monday 16 February 2026 youtube.com/shorts/YKdr3...

16.02.2026 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Peer accountability!

11.02.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Personal stand-up (yesterday, today and blockers) for Wednesday 11 February 2026.
YouTube video by James Arthur Cattell Personal stand-up (yesterday, today and blockers) for Wednesday 11 February 2026.

Also available as a YouTube short youtube.com/shorts/B-jrc...

11.02.2026 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Personal stand up for Wednesday 11 February 2026, featuring The Financial Conduct Authority, The Pensions Regulator, Joe Craig and @derekalton.bsky.social.

11.02.2026 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello! Following on from highly successful events like @ukgovcamp.com a group of us are now in the early stages of developing a similar event for civil servants involved in policy development.

03.02.2026 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

How can I help? πŸ™‚

29.01.2026 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Publishing your #weeknotes to weeknot.es Sorry β€” Medium has changed the way it supports β€˜publications’ and I can’t add any new contributors at the moment. I am trying to work out…

@jukes.ie how far d'you get with finding a "Medium changes" workaround, please? weeknot.es/publishing-y...

29.01.2026 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Still looking for Content Designer and Graphic Designer (both unpaid volunteer, part-time, 4-6 hours, flexible).

Have lived experience of ADHD and want to work with a great team pushing for change in ADHD care?

Email: adhdpathfinding@googlegroups.com

29.01.2026 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of a the slide which is titled, "Perhaps Policy Camp is part of the answer?!". There are QR codes below which link to forms.

Picture of a the slide which is titled, "Perhaps Policy Camp is part of the answer?!". There are QR codes below which link to forms.

Perhaps #PolicyCamp is part of the answer?

"Camp" as in "Campus", i.e. coming together and learning from each other.

Q: Are you a policy official?

Tell them what you think via:

Google Form bit.ly/GPolicyCamp

Microsoft Form bit.ly/MSPolicy

28.01.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Slide title is, "Misaligned incentives". 

Underneath are 3 bullet points: 

1. We're organised in silos.

2. Green book economics culture - need more creative, multidisciplinary impact modelling. 

3. Accountability for the risk of not doing market-shaping

Slide title is, "Misaligned incentives". Underneath are 3 bullet points: 1. We're organised in silos. 2. Green book economics culture - need more creative, multidisciplinary impact modelling. 3. Accountability for the risk of not doing market-shaping

Slide title is, "Lack of common language & approaches". 

There are 2 bullet points:

1. DDAT, the service manual and other established norms don't equip policy, technology or delivery people to diagnose complex systems and organise around outcomes.

2. Complexity is hard, but community-driven approaches define successful system shaning.

Slide title is, "Lack of common language & approaches". There are 2 bullet points: 1. DDAT, the service manual and other established norms don't equip policy, technology or delivery people to diagnose complex systems and organise around outcomes. 2. Complexity is hard, but community-driven approaches define successful system shaning.

Interesting slides from Linda at @tpximpact.com

28.01.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A man in a blazer presents to a seated audience in a modern, industrial-style office. He stands beside a large screen displaying an "Introduction" slide for "TransformGov Talks," next to a matching green banner.
The room features exposed concrete ceilings, hanging pendant lights, and a kitchen area in the background. The audience is viewed from behind, seated in leather chairs, listening to the presentation.

A man in a blazer presents to a seated audience in a modern, industrial-style office. He stands beside a large screen displaying an "Introduction" slide for "TransformGov Talks," next to a matching green banner. The room features exposed concrete ceilings, hanging pendant lights, and a kitchen area in the background. The audience is viewed from behind, seated in leather chairs, listening to the presentation.

This evening's @transformgovtalks.bsky.social talks has started, this evening hosted at @tpximpact.com in #London.

28.01.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A person with short grey hair and a black blazer speaks at a table during a hearing.

A person with short grey hair and a black blazer speaks at a table during a hearing.

A person with short grey hair and a black blazer speaks at a table during a hearing.

A person with short grey hair and a black blazer speaks at a table during a hearing.

Lookie, lookie !! @janethughes.bsky.social is on the tele 😍

Janet's answering questions on, "Accountability in small government bodies" at the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.

Live stream / recording available via parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

#SoProud ❀️

26.01.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Left Bank Two
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youtu.be/yOzW3Qwfd_A πŸ™‚

25.01.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe. I've already done several roles in Cabinet Office, so I've kind of ticked that department off my bucket list.

That typed, I'm always happy to have a chat.

Are you involved in the recruitment, please?

23.01.2026 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Innit, thou? 😯

22.01.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A square graphic rotated slightly clockwise. Inside the square, the text 'ONE TEAM GOV' is stacked in three lines. Both the border and the text use a vibrant color gradient that transitions from bright orange at the top left to deep pink at the bottom right.

The awesome Sam Villis (@stamanfar.bsky.social) hosted the first #OneTeamGov virtual meet-up of 2026 this week.

One of the things we discussed was doing a 10th anniversary #unconference next year in 2027.

Please like and repost if you're interested.

22.01.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bored of peace?

22.01.2026 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Before my time with The Pensions Regulator is done, I'd love to figure out how I could get paid to organise all the cross-gov things.

Not fussed what combination of people or organisations fund me (public, private, voluntary sector, etc) within reason.

#PublicSector
#community
#events

22.01.2026 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Trello Organize anything, together. Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, know what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a pro...

The first #OneTeamGov Virtual of 2026 hosted in the UK / GMT time zone is currently underway. Here's what we're discussing trello.com/b/aQDNXtPS

21.01.2026 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
One Team Gov North Β· Events Calendar View and subscribe to events from One Team Gov North on Luma. An in-person meetup in Manchester for people who work in government and the public sector.

#DayNotes for Tuesday 20 January 2026:

1. Facilitated the #OneTeamGov North breakfast meetup luma.com/oneteamgov-n...

2. Collaborated on agendas for next week's TPR working group meetings www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/about-us/wha...

3. Pinged Data & Digital working group members via email.

20.01.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TransformGov Talks: January 2026 Β· Luma Join us at 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Matt Wood-Hill, MHCLG, and Linda O'Halloran, TPXimpact on public service market-shaping Patrick Diamond, Professor in Public…

🚨 6PM, WED 28 January 🚨

At TPXImpact or online

Matt Wood-Hill, MHCLG, and Linda O’Halloran, TPXimpact on public service market-shaping.

​Patrick Diamond, Professor in Public Policy, Queen Mary, University of London, on government effectiveness

luma.com/pc7ji8sg

Please share! Thanks πŸ™

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