Archive - Michael’s Substack

February 2025

Stop Writing Documents Nobody Reads

I learned this lesson the hard way.

Feb 3 •

December 2024

How I Stay Organised: My iPad Note-Taking System

Keeping on top of the constant deluge of information, tasks, and meetings you experience as a CTO requires adopting and maintaining a…

Dec 16, 2024 •

August 2024

Transforming Technology: Guiding Principles for Navigating Digital Evolution in Business

At loveholidays, when our customers contact us for help with their booking, they are now greeted by Sandy, our AI-powered virtual…

Aug 20, 2024 •

July 2024

This is Michael’s Substack.

Jul 1, 2024 •

December 2023

Grappling with Growth: The Unlikely Parallels Between BJJ and Scaling a Business

The arm around my neck gets tighter, making my vision blur and little stars of light appear. My laughable attempt to overpower the much…

Dec 15, 2023 •

July 2023

Scaling technology teams: the three essential things I learned

Over the last two decades (man, I am old), a recurring challenge has been providing a view of the capability of a technology organisation…

Jul 25, 2023 •

May 2023

I took time out from work for a mental health retreat and this is what I learned

Mental health plays an important role in overall wellbeing, and the ability to manage stress is a crucial part of it — what I have often…

May 10, 2023 •

February 2023

A data mesh for the rest of us

Written by Alex Farquhar and Michael Jones

Feb 6, 2023 •

October 2022

How autonomy is transforming loveholidays

At loveholidays, we acknowledge our success is linked to employee engagement and the important role autonomy plays in getting it right

Oct 26, 2022 •

July 2022

Agile needs a story

A friend once told me, “The problem with agile is that it needs a story”. As head of investor relations she was lamenting the fact that…

Jul 30, 2022 •

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