It’s the time of year again… and as someone who works remotely with clients across different timezones, most of my ‘festive’ moments at work are unceremonious video calls that end abruptly as everyone rushes off to their next meeting. Meanwhile, across the various social media spaces I take part in, corporate messages of (apparent) goodwill mix uneasily with cheery commercial overload, making it hard to find the actual updates from actual people I care about. Jolly Holidays on the interwebs this isn’t!
Fortunately we can breathe a little easier, as there is still real fun to be head online for those of us working in education and edtech, in the form of Reclaim’s Rewind 2024 series of free and open events on the radio, tv and social activities! I am really excited to be part of this, and to have a group of wonderful people to share the run up to the holidays with.
It’s precious to me to take some time to celebrate community and have the opportunity to connect with colleagues, reflecting together on the highs (and lows!) of the year that’s been, and gather our strength and find some renewed inspiration before the new year starts.
Kicking off the whole series was a team outing on Reclaim TV, sharing some of the best bits of 2024, the drama that shook the (edtech) world (hello, WordPress bros) and how the team have come out fighting the “good fight for indie edtech” on the other side.
Next up was what we called a “Case Study Bonanza”, featuring special guests from a number of schools that work closely with the team and the one and only Bryan Mathers:
But… the best is yet to come! This week, there are the two biggest events coming up and I hope that you will join us, so here are all the details:
Community Chat: Rewind 2024
December 18th For this final community chat of the year we are inviting ALL our special guests from 2024 to come together. You will hear updates of the exciting work happening across our community and have a chance to share your own highs and lows of 2024. This is our time to come together to say thank you and acknowledge and appreciate everyone who works in open edtech in Higher Education. Event info
Reclaim Rewind 2024: Live on DS106 Radio. It’s the HOLIDAY SPECIAL
December 20th We are inviting you to join us for the one and only edtech radio holiday special, featuring guests from the legendary DS106 Radio Summer Camp. There is going to be story telling, holiday tunes and, if you are very lucky, even a bit of festive KaraOERke. The elves are working hard on that one. So listen in and play along as we ROCK the airwaves and ring in the holidays. Event info
There are also a couple of DS106 Radio hosts, myself included, who will be jumping on the airwaves to play music and chat, so follow the #ds106radio on Mastadon to find out what’s on, and tune in to DS106 Radio.
It’s such a joy to be able to have some actual time together with folk without the clock ticking on yet another meeting, and to be able to dip in and out of the festive fun as I sit at my desk finishing off my work for the year.
During the pandemic edtech folk became an educational emergency service, and everyone suddenly wanted to learn about how to use technology at scale, fast. Those days are fortunately behind us, and these days hype headlines about AI are more likely to pull focus. But for me, it’s definitely the human beings (not the technology) that made this year, and it’s all the unsung (edtech) heroes, grinding away at keeping the open web a possibility for future generations of students and educators, that I’ll be celebrating with this year!
Wishing you, and yours, Jolly Holidays on the Open Web!
It’s been quite a year. My first full calendar year running my own micro business. My year of getting back into running. Of travelling more, and working a little less. My year of counting days spent on the beach and following the golden seam of creativity to wherever it may lead.
Amidst all the ups and downs in my own life, my professional communities and the world at large, here I am at the end of the year, (nearly) ready to down tools and cosy up for Christmas by the sea.
A big thank you to each and every one of you reading this, sharing a bit of my year, from blogging and book writing to coaching and consultancy.
It’s been a real joy to collaborate and coach with you all these past twelve months, as my professional practice expanded to a new group coaching course and workshops as well as a conference on the airwaves!
I have had the opportunity to do research and start writing on my next book as well as reports and articles, go to events and conferences.
Snapshots from 2024, starting top left: Coaching moment, visit at Oxford University with Emma Procter-Legg, launching my leadership course, working with Physiospace in Cardiff, OER24 Conference catch ups in Cork, Ireland, more catch ups at OER24 with Leigh Wolff, and lunch with Anne-Marie Scott and Meredith Huffman, publicity shot with Lynne Taylerson, me in action giving a talk with Martin Weller.
Looking back at the year, it’s certainly been a busy one! Here are some highlights:
Publication: Global Trends towards Hybrid Working in Higher Education, National Digital Leadership Network, N-TUTORR National Programme, December 2024.
Workshop: Leading Hybrid Teams. Senior Leadership Team Away Day, University of Edinburgh, January 2024;
Article: Are you returning to the office, five days a week? Exploring the future of hybrid working. Learning Magazine, January 2024
I am curious to see what the new year might bring… hopefully more opportunities to collaborate and work on projects with amazing people alongside time to develop my coaching and courses. There are a few things planned and in the works already, but certainly room for new things, too, so ping me if you have an idea 🙂
This is a seasonal blog post I am sharing in the spirit of a bit of festive fun. Before you read the story, find out more about Christmas Jumper Day, which in the UK we celebrate on Thursday, 12th December this year, and which raises funds for Save the Children.
The story was inspired by my dog Posey ‘trying on’ a jumper recently, which gave me a welcome excuse to write a story and then create accompanying watercolour illustrations.
Read at your own (festive) peril.
Posey’s Big (Christmas Jumper) Day
The first of December was bitterly cold. The sky was a pale grey, and there was a biting wind from the North. Posey was curled up in her basket, looking out at the world. From here, a small study on the first floor of the house, Posey could survey her whole domain: there was her human, sitting at the desk nearby, typing away on the computer. And in the next room there was Teilo, her big brother, napping in his favourite chair. By the sounds of it, he was chasing a ball in his dreams. Promising smells of cooking wafted up the stairs from the kitchen below. Maybe, Posey thought, there would even be toast!
Posey’s basket in a festive study.
Next to Posey, nuzzled into her soft brown fur, was Gladys, her favourite upstairs toy. Gladys was the most flamboyant of all the toys in the house, her pink and blue flamingo feathers pointing in all directions. Gladys and Posey often had long chats in the afternoons, when everyone else was working. And it was from Gladys that Posey first found out about the Christmas Jumpers. Christmas Jumpers, Gladys explained, were special clothes celebrating the season that only get worn this time of year, and there is one day each year when everybody dresses up and wears theirs. Posey listened eagerly to Gladys telling her tales of tinsel and red noses on reindeer, her eyes getting bigger and bigger and her ears cocked in rapt attention.
As the days went on, Posey started to spot other dogs wearing jumpers and coats on her walks. Teilo was dismissive at first, as he didn’t care for dogs dressing up, proud as he was of his sleek black coat. But Posey was intrigued. She, too, liked her glossy brown coat, especially when it was freshly brushed, but those colourful jumpers the other dogs were wearing did look fun! And even Teilo started to look with interest at a neighbourhood dog in a rainbow coat running past on the field.
Gladys, the pink and teal Flamingo tope toy.
So one night, about a week into December, Posey held a conference with her best friend, Mabel, during one of their cosy nights staying up in the kitchen, when everyone else was asleep. Mabel, a stripy Hippopotamus that shared Posey’s bed basket, and who never came along on walks, being an indoor toy, listened carefully to Posey as she told her all about Christmas Jumpers.
Posey got all excited describing the jolly stripes, cheerful reindeer prints and warm wooly cuffs – and Mabel, knowing her best friend very well indeed, listened patiently to the whole tale. One jumper in particular had caught Posey’s eye: it was red, she told Mabel, and decorated with white snowflakes, a big reindeer with a red nose and little stars, too! As she was describing it, her eyes sparkled and her tail wagged back and forth so fast, that it became all blurry. However, when it was at last time to sleep and Posey curled up with Mabel by her side, she looked wistfully at her friend. How, she wondered, would she ever get a jumper like this?!
That night, long after Posey had fallen asleep, exhausted from all the excitement, Mabel stayed up and had a long think. Only as the first rays of sunlight tinged the horizon in pink the following morning, did she finally close her eyes to sleep. She had made a plan, and first thing in the morning, she would… , well, what precisely Mabel did have planned, Posey wouldn’t find out until the 12th December.
The morning of the big day dawned bright and sparkly. The sky went from pink to gold to blue and all the roofs were covered in a thick layer of frost. It was so cold that even the window panes were covered in ice. Posey woke up excitedly, looking forward to breakfast and to her first walk of the day. As she ran out of the kitchen an unfamiliar sight stopped her in her tracks. She skidded to a complete stop in the hallway, gazing up with big round eyes.
A Hallway filled with Christmas Jumpers.
What she saw was her very own, small Christmas miracle: the whole hallway was filled with Christmas Jumpers!
Hanging on a long, red and white rope, all the way from the bottom of the stairs to the first floor was a colourful row of jumpers! There was a Christmas Jumper for each of the humans, one red and blue jumper with robins and holly, a tiny jumper for Mable, a bright green one with a sparkly purple letter “M” on it, one for Gladys, a sleeveless one with sequins and tassels at the bottom, and also one for Giraffe-y, Teilo’s favourite toy, in a bright sunny yellow to match her tennis ball feet. There was even one for Teilo, a beautiful Christmas tree green with a sporty white trim, to match his sleek black fur.
And at the very top of the stairs, there was one more jumper, the most beautiful of all of them and it was for Posey!
Made of a soft festive red wool, it was trimmed with little white snowflakes and covered in stars of every colour. It had candy-cane stripes and a jolly reindeer with a squashy red nose, and it even had her name, P-O-S-E-Y, embroidered on the side. On the other side it had a little pocket to carry treats and a loop to put a water bottle for long walks! It was, without a doubt, the most wonderful jumper that Posey had ever seen!
Of course, such an outfit needs to be taken out for a walk immediately, and so everyone, even Mabel, got dressed in their Christmas Jumpers, wrapped up warm with scarves and wooly hats, and headed out for a morning walk in the wintery woods.
Posey’s Christmas Jumper
There was coffee for the humans picked up on the way, and much cheer and waving as everyone saw them pass through the village. Posey ran ahead of everyone the whole way, skipping with joy, her ears flying and her tail going faster than a propeller, proudly showing everyone her Christmas Jumper.
Mabel, safely tucked into a big human coat pocket, smiled happily to herself. She had done it! Mabel had saved the (Christmas Jumper) day.
The End.
P.S. The real Posey prefers being covered in mud to wearing jumpers.
Der Weihnachts-Pullover-Tag (deutsche Version)
Inspiriert durch meine Hündin Posey, habe ich diese kleine Geschichte zum „Christmas Jumper Day 2024“ geschrieben. Jedes Jahr im Dezember wird dieser Tage in Großbritannien fur einen guten Zweck gefeiert – und Spass ist natürlich auch dabei..
Posey’s Großer Tag der Weihnachts-Pullover
Der erste Dezember war bitterkalt. Der Himmel grau und ein eiskalter Wind fegte von Norden her. Posey, eingekuschelt in ihrem Körbchen schaute sich die Welt an. Von hier oben, im ersten Stock, im gemütlichen Studierzimmer, konnte sie das ganze Haus überschauen, derweil „ihr Mensch“ am Schreibtisch eifrig am Computer tippte.
Gleich nebenan schlummerte Teilo, Posey’s älterer Hunde-Bruder in seinem Lieblingsstuhl und sie hörte, wie er versucht, Traum-Tennisbälle zu fangen.
Vielversprechende Düfte zogen von unten aus der Küche durch das Haus – Düfte, mit der Aussicht auf eine Scheibe Toast?
Dicht neben Posey’s weichem, braunen Fell saß Gladys, Posey’s Lieblings-Spielzeug vom ersten Stock – dieser Hinweis ist wichtig, denn… Posey’s Lieblings-Spielzeug vom ganzen Haus ist natürlich Mabel. Von Mabel erfahrt ihr später mehr…
Gladys, eine große Flamingo-Dame, immer sehr flamboyant in rosa und hellblau. Oftmals, während der langen Nachmittage die Menschen im Haus schwer arbeiten, haben Gladys und Posey lange, geheime Gespräche. Und so war es auch Gladys, welche zuerst von den Weihnachts-Pullovern erzählte:
„Weihnachts-Pullover sind ganz besondere Pullover, warm, kuschelig, fröhlich, bunt und werden nur im Dezember getragen. Und einmal im Jahr – dieses Jahr am 12. Dezember – trägt jeder seinen Weihnachts-Pullover und feiert die Weihnachtszeit“.
Posey’s Augen wurden groß und rund, aufgeregt hörte sie zu wie Gladys diesen Pullover beschrieb: „warm und weich, mit großen Rentieren mit roten Nasen, glitzernden Sternen und einer Fülle von Schneeflocken“.
An den Dezember -Tagen sieht Posey tatsächlich überall Hunde, die voller Stolz festliche Pullover und Mäntelchen trugen.
Hunde-Bruder Teilo, zuerst kaum interessiert, denn er war zu Recht sehr stolz auf sein glänzendes, schwarzes Fell. Doch Posey, fasziniert durch all diese festlichen Eindrücke, hielt weiterhin eifrig Ausschau. Sie mochte ihr schönes braunes Fell ebenso,vor allem, wenn es frisch gebürstet war, fand jedoch all die bunten Pullover der anderen Hunde lustig und begehrenswert.
Und selbst Teilo, bisher ohne großes Interesse, beobachtete auf dem Feld einen Hund, welcher mit einem kunterbunten Regenbogen-Mantel durch die Landschaft stolzierte.
Eine Woche später, als immer mehr Hunde in der Nachbarschaft mit bunten Weihnachts-Pullis spazieren gingen, hielt Posey zu Mitternacht mit ihrer besten Freundin Mabel eine Küchen-Konferenz ab.
Nun kommen wir zu Mabel, Posey’s Haus-Lieblings-Spielzeug.. Mabel, ein gestreiftes Nilpferd, welches jede Nacht mit Posey in der warmen Küche in Posey’s Körbchen schläft und während alle anderen Hausbewohner längst friedlich schlafen, sind beide oft lange noch am flüstern.
Mabel ging normalerweise nie mit auf die Spaziergänge, denn Matsch und Pfützen, bei Hunden sehr beliebt, sind für Mabel’s weichen Stoff jedoch ungeeignet. Und so wusste Mabel nichts von den herrlichen Weihnachts-Pullovern, welche Posey und Teilo täglich in Wald und Feld gesehen haben. Posey erzählte nun ihrer treuen Freundin Mabel von diesen herrlich bunten Pullovern, Mabel hörte geduldig zu, sie war eine gute Zuhörerin. Posey wurde immer aufgeregter, um Mabel genauestens über diese bunten Pullis zu informieren und auch, was ihr am besten gefallen hat – die fröhlich-bunten Streifen, die lustigen Renntiere, die warmen wolligen Krägen.
Und da gab es einen Pullover, bei welchem Posey gar nicht mehr wegsehen konnte: ein festlich-roter Pulli mit weißen Schneeflocken, ein großes Rentier mit roter Nase und tausend kleine glitzernde Sternchen. Posey’s Entzücken beim Beschreiben dieses wahrhaft himmlischen Pullis brachten ihre Augen zum Strahlen, ihre Ohren wedelten hin und her und ihr Schwanz ging so schnell im Kreis wie ein Propeller. Als es endlich Zeit war zum Schlafen, Posey sich in ihr Körbchen gekuschelt mit einem sehnsüchtigen Ausdruck im Gesicht. Mit großen traurigen Augen schaute sie Mabel an und überlegte, ob sie wohl jemals auch zu so einem wundervollen Weihnachts-Pullover kommen würde?
In dieser Nacht, lange, nachdem Posey endlich vor Erschöpfung eingeschlafen war, war es Mabel, die munter blieb und sich die Sache ernsthaft überlegte. Viele Stunden hat sie sich die müden Augen gerieben, Pläne geschmiedet.
Es war schon fast Morgengrauen, die ersten blassen rosa Wolken zeigten sich am Horizont, als Mabel sich endlich zum wohlverdienten Schlaf zusammen ringeln konnte. Zufrieden mit ihrem geheimnisvollen planen ist Mabel eingeschlummert. Was Mabel genau geplant hatte, konnte Posey am 12. Dezember bestaunen.
Der Morgen des 12.Dezember war klar und sonnig. Der Himmel wurde erst rosa, dann goldfarben, dann hellblau, die Dächer überzogen mit dickem Frost, die Fenster mit filigranen Eisblumen verziert.
Posey wurde wir gewöhnlich früh munter und begann fröhlich ihren Tag. Schließlich war jetzt die Zeit für Frühstück und Spaziergang! Schnell lief sie aus der Küche in den Flur und… was sie dort mit großen Augen sah, ließ ihre Pfoten auf der Stelle verharren.
Ein Weihnachtswunder war geschehen – nur für sie. Die Diele, festlich geschmückt und am weißen Treppengeländer entlang hing eine prachtvolle Parade von Weihnachts-Pullovern.
Von oben bis unten, die ganz Treppe, bestückt mit Pullovern – und was für welche!!
Zuerst die beiden großen für die Menschen im Haus – einer in rot und.. einer in blau mit einem Adventskranz und einem kleinen Rotkehlchen.
Dann kam ein ganz kleiner, tiefgrüner Pullover für Mabel, verziert mit einem großen, glitzernden „M“.
Für Gladys, ein Pulli ohne Ärmel, bestickt mit bunten Pailletten und Schleifen.
Dann gab es da noch einen Pullover, perfekt für Giraffe’y, Teilos Lieblings-Spielzeug, eine kleine Giraffe mit Tennisball-Füßen.
Und nun, ein grüner Pullover, schön wie ein Weihnachtsbaum – für Teilo – bestückt mit einem samtigen, weißen Kragen, welcher herrlich zu seinem schönen schwarzen Fell passt.
Jedoch, ganz oben an der obersten Treppenstufe, hing der allerschönste Weihnachts-Pullover, den Posey je gesehen hatte – und dieser Pullover war speziell nur für sie.
Die tiefrote, warme weiche Wolle sah so festlich aus, kleine Schneeflocken am glitzernden Kragen, bunte Sterne, aufgestickt über den ganzen Pullover und.. in grüner Schrift ihr Name: Posey . Vorne zu sehen ein Rentier mit roter Nase, an der Seite eine kleine Tasche für Leckerlis, sogar eine Schlaufe für eine kleine Wasser-Trinkflasche. (bei langen Spaziergängen sehr hilfreich)
Ganz ohne Zweifel war dies der allerschönste Pullover den Posey je gesehen hatte und natürlich musste dieser ganz wunderbare Pullover sofort mit auf den Spaziergang.
Und so haben wir uns alle winterlich angezogen, warme Schals um den Hals, Mützen auf, Hunde und Spielzeuge mit ihren Weihnachts-Pullovern und los ging es, in den Wald – mit Weihnachtsgefühl.
Auf dem Weg gab es warmen Kaffee für die Menschen, Nachbarn und Dorf-Bewohner winkten uns voller Freude zu beim Anblick der vielen bunten und fröhlichen Weihnachts-Pullover.
Posey, voller Stolz ihren Weihnachts-Pullover allen zu zeigen, lief aufgeregt voraus mit großen Sprüngen, fliegenden Ohren und der Schwanz wedelte wieder wie ein Propeller.
Sogar Mabel war heute mit dabei, eingepackt in einer Manteltasche, schaute sie sich voller Freude die ganze Parade an. Sie war sehr stolz, wie viel Freude ihre geheimen Pläne gebracht hatten.
Es war ein toller Weihnachts-Pullover-Tag und… seitdem feiern wir ihn jedes Jahr!
I’m always interested in new ways to keep blogging and recently I had the opportunity to try a new approach, which we might call ‘braided’ blogging.
This came about through a coaching conversation with Mark Corbett Wilson, whose blog, Talking with Machines, is definitely worth a visit. With a rich background in making art, storytelling and digital technologies, Mark is always up for trying new ways of collaborating on the open web and for this experiment we wrote a short blog post about collaboration and then remixed individual paragraphs into a new version, resulting in our individual contributions being woven or braided together.
At the start, this collaboration was asynchronous, each of us contributing via a Google doc, and the final process was completed in real time, with each of us editing the document in turns during a video call.
Reflecting on the process, here is what I came away with:
To start with, I really enjoyed the playful aspect of this method, and the opportunity to try something new. I wasn’t really sure what to expect from the final version, and it opened my eyes to new perspectives on what we wrote in the original post.
Also, the collaboration shifted the emphasis from producing a finished post to blogging as a practice, the process in itself being valuable regardless of the eventual output.
What you don’t see in the finished text below is the conversation that happened between the lines. The collaboration in itself was both fun and creative, and gave us each the space to try something new and learn along the way.
A big thank you to Mark for letting me be the first collaborator to try this approach! I am really looking forward to seeing where you take it next. Read Mark’s post on Networked Narratives.
Read the braided version
Learning and teaching are continuous and iterative. Reflection leads to insight and the repetition helps integrate your learning into memory. Applying your knowledge and experience to new situations is improvisation and leads to new discoveries.
I try to keep a sense of playful experimentation in my work. It’s less important to get it right, let alone perfect, than it is for me to do it in the first place.
I struggle with reducing ideas to simple linear text. I’m working out how hypertexts, graphing, microblogging, and mixed media posts can express and share my discoveries, learning and reflections. I use the internets, complexity and connectivist theories to inform my improvisations and grow my personal networks
I trained as a sculptor before working in education. Similar to you, I started out making things before I turned to writing.
Whatever I do, a primary concern is with the quality of my work. Glassblowing and writing both have long traditions. How do we honor these traditions and continue to explore new possibilities while producing quality work as we transition from makers to writers?
I think of everything I do in terms of practice. For me, it’s helpful to conceptualise what I do as a continuous process of learning, reflecting and sharing.
Last year I released the first of these popular ‘reflect-along’ resources, designed for you to see how a particular tool is used in practice and to reflect along with me as we progress through the accompanying podcast episode. This year, I am sharing a resource all about defining YOUR own measure of success and reflecting on impact.
It’s been a stand-out resource for many of my coaching clients this year, and I hope it’ll be a useful way for you to have a bit of fun at the end of the year, and try out something a little different. Use this episode to “reflect along” with me as part of your run up to the holidays (and hopefully a well deserved break!) or as you prepare to begin the new year.
This tool is inspired by a visual thought (by the always inspiring Liz and Mollie) about how we measure success, what makes it rewarding to work in our team or organisation and how we measure success and impact. It’s a great prompt to collate evidence of all you have achieved at the end of the year, and align what you have done with what’s important to you.
Listen along
Find a cosy spot and get yourself a hot drink or take the episode outside and listen along as you walk. The important thing is to bring some curiosity to this exercise, and to be open to discovering something new.
Find what’s important
I recently shared a post on keeping my own archive, i.e. a list of things I have done, and in the spirit of festive list making, this is where we will start.
The practice of making a list and adding new entries to it is useful in itself. You could probably use a tool to compile this kind of information for you, but there’s great value in the act of processing what you have done and reflecting on it as you make the list.
To get started, add literally anything. You could add a workshop you have run or an event you attended, or even books you’ve read. You could add projects you have been involved with or led, or papers you have published.
The key is not to worry whether something is worthy of being included, and to simply include everything. I find once you start making a list of everything, things quickly amount to more than expected.
Make your measure
There are different categories you could add to your own chart, for example opportunities for professional development and learning. Good non-salary benefits or working on a healthy organisational culture. You could add opportunities to travel and having fun. Although you can simply conduct a thought experiment, this tool is more effective if you actually take a piece of paper or open up a digital document to create your own measure of success.
Here’s how:
Draw a circle;
List what factors are important to you;
Mark out slices of the ‘pie’ according to importance.
Once you have your completed chart, you can use it to reflect on what you want more of in the year ahead.
In just a few weeks the 100th episode of Leading Virtual Teams is due to air. I’m delighted that an experiment I started a two years ago to mark the publication of my first book has grown into a weekly podcast featuring special guests on a regular basis.
The format is still audio only (sorry, Youtube fans), but the podcast is now available via more platforms, including Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast and Pocket Casts . It’s also now recorded and edited using better tools, including my Neewer mic, Audio Hijach and Fission.
It’s been a lot of fun taking inspiration from the original book and turn it into podcast episodes, resources and courses. And… this podcast milestone got me thinking about other ‘centuries’ that I celebrated this year… and there seem to be a few. So here goes:
In spring, I celebrated a milestone on my coaching journey, as after two years of training and 100+ hours of coaching with over 20 clients I was set to formally complete the ACC credential of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). I achieved the final step in May, when I gained my ACC credential 🙂 . Fast forward to the end of the year which is fast approaching and I am closing in on 200 coaching hours, with over 30 individual clients and 20 group coaching participants.
This year I have also continued to share my work openly, via my blog, podcast and newsletter. The newsletter, which started life just over a year ago, has now also gathered over 100 subscribers. It’s nice to see folk connecting with me and my work in this way, and I really enjoy compiling this monthly email as a way to take stock and mark my progress.
A big thank you!
Thank you to everyone who listens to the podcast and all my guests who have come on to join me for a conversation. It’s been wonderful to have the opportunity to talk about all things hybrid working, finding balance and learn a lot about stationary, pets, pot plants and metaphors along the way!
