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James Arthur Cattell
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Bring us together,
make things better.

@janethughes.bsky.social's partner 💞

https://www.cattell.com

#ADHD #autistic #bipolar #dyslexic
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This morning's #workspace 🤩
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Reposted by James Arthur Cattell
ukgovcamp.com
If you have secured a ticket for UKGovCamp 2026 on 17 January 2026 but can no longer attend, please unregister on Eventbrite, so your place can be released to someone on the waiting list.

Thank you so much for being considerate!
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Reposted by James Arthur Cattell
ukgovcamp.com
A huge thank you to all the sponsors supporting UKGovCamp 2026! As a volunteer-led event with no government funding, we truly rely on your support. Every penny helps make government better. 🙌

We are continuously updating the sponsor list here: www.ukgovcamp.com/sponsors/
Our Sponsors
Interested in sponsoring? Please visit our become a sponsor page.
www.ukgovcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
jacattell.bsky.social
Time to channel my inner @gilestur.bsky.social.

I give a 6 min lightning talk at 1030 tomorrow.

Topic: Developing the Pensions Data and Digital Industry Working Group www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/about-us/...

#PensionsInnovation
Industry working groups
www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
jacattell.bsky.social
H&G #Birmingham 👋🏻
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December 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
jacattell.bsky.social
This time last week, I'd just finished facilitating the first meeting of the new Pensions Data and Digital Industry Working Group www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/about-us/... and one week on, I'm still buzzing 🙂

#PensionsInnovation
Industry working groups
www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
jacattell.bsky.social
I'm watching, "Slate Auto walkaround: is Amazon's game-changing EV the anti-Cybertruck?" youtube.com/watch?v=ilhG... by @ginnybuckley.bsky.social for Electrifying.com published 30 November 2025.
EXCLUSIVE | Slate Auto walkaround: is Amazon’s game-changing EV the anti-Cybertruck?
YouTube video by Electrifying
youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Reposted by James Arthur Cattell
adhdpathfinding.org.uk
Calling for help from our community!

We’re making a full list of existing guidance on ADHD diagnosis to build our service prototype. Can you help? If you know of any:

- Resources
- Documents
- Websites
- Other guidance

Please email us on [email protected].

Thank you in advance.
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
jacattell.bsky.social
Right.

#weeknotes time, ish.

I have a self-imposed deadline of 7pm to draft the follow-up to Paul Neville's blog.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/2025/07/01/h... about this week's meeting, which I helped design and facilitate.

The Pensions Data and Digital Industry Working Group, is go!

#excited🙂
How collaboration will help pensions thrive in the digital, data and technology age
Paul Neville, Executive Director of DDaT at The Pensions Regulator (TPR), explains how we are supporting this with the creation of a new industry working group.
blog.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
jacattell.bsky.social
Morning commute.

#countryside
#winter
#frost
​A serene, horizontal landscape photo of a rural field on a cold morning, heavily covered in white frost. A metal gate, slightly offset from the center and framed by two wooden posts, stands in the foreground, with the surrounding grass and undergrowth completely crystallised with frost. The field beyond the gate is flat and also covered in frost, extending towards a distant, low line of deciduous trees that are silhouetted against the pale morning sky. The sky is a gradient of soft, muted colors, transitioning from a pale yellow and orange near the horizon to a cool, light blue at the top. Several crisscrossing, white contrails from aircraft are visible in the upper sky, catching the soft light. The overall mood is peaceful, quiet, and frosty.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
jacattell.bsky.social
Got the builders in, so working from garden...
A person wearing a grey hoodie and glasses is sitting outdoors, looking at a laptop. To their left, a black cat is perched on a wooden surface, also staring at the laptop. The scene is brightly lit by the sun.
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
jacattell.bsky.social
To everyone who's messaging me asking for tickets to @ukgovcamp.com 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) in #Birmingham, I'm sorry but registration has closed and tickets have been issued.

The only way to get tickets now is to sponsor the event www.ukgovcamp.com/become-a-spo...
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Reposted by James Arthur Cattell
adhdpathfinding.org.uk
We’ve published our WIP vision board.
It maps how we turn our vision into services that help people now by putting users, needs, and strategy onto a single page.

View it here: www.canva.com/design/DAG2g...

Does it resonate? Share your feedback here or on [email protected]
A vision board for ADHD Pathfinding that splits the organisation’s vision into users, needs, service, and strategic goals. The categories are displayed by group in vertical columns, and appear in a palette of various blues and purples.
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
jacattell.bsky.social
Many thanks to @jereeve.bsky.social for offering me a desk to work at in #London this afternoon 👍🏻

Lovely atmosphere at the @tpximpact.com office in Whitechapel 🙂

Even managed to make my train back to #Staffordshire, which I was sure I'd miss.
A screenshot of an Android phone in split screen mode showing 2 navigation apps. The top half is Citymapper, displaying a map of London with a highlighted cycling route that would take 28 minutes to complete. Below it, Google Maps Timeline shows cycling activity details, including a 5.2 km ride taking 15 minutes, burning 114 calories, equivalent to 5% of daily intake or 0.18 cheeseburgers.
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
jacattell.bsky.social
Q: How do you predict human behaviour in groups such as communities, please? #behaviour #probability #community
a close up of a woman 's face with a triangle and a mathematical formula .
Alt: Close up of a woman's face who's deep in thought. Superimposed on top is a triangle and a mathematical formula.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
jacattell.bsky.social
Our first UKGovCamp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) sponsor has paid us the money.

Massive thank you to @dxw.com, long time supporter of @ukgovcamp.com as a positive force for change across the public sector.

This means we can pay the deposit for our crèche provider 🙂
dxw's logo, which are the letters dxw and an orange dot
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
jacattell.bsky.social
I'm re-watching, "Matt Jukes: The power, peril and privilege of working in the open" youtu.be/Rm8jZJWSvNM by @jukes.ie for #CampDigital 2026 by @nexerdigital.com published 21 July 2025.
Matt Jukes: The power, peril and privilege of working in the open
YouTube video by Nexer Digital
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October 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
jacattell.bsky.social
Quick reminder that registration is open for the UK public sector's best unconference (I may be biased) www.ukgovcamp.com

Never heard of unconferences or not sure what to expect? Don't worry, you'll absolutely love it 🙂 www.cattell.com/unconference

#PublicSector #unconference
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October 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
jacattell.bsky.social
Had the afternoon off from work to attend some Comms training at VAST.org.uk on behalf of Cheadle Community Library.

Now trying @Buffer.com for the first time in ages to post from 1 place to multiple social media channels.

#SocialMedia
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Reposted by James Arthur Cattell
ukgovcamp.com
217 people have now registered for UK Gov Camp 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) in #Birmingham on Saturday 17 January 2026.

Register to attend or sponsor via UKGovCamp.com, repost this message and share with your colleagues.

We welcome everyone, whether you work with the #PublicSector or not.

#unconference
A bull with prominent horns is depicted in a stylized logo. The bull is in motion, with its body angled towards the left. Behind the bull, there's a dynamic, flame-like shape split into two colors: the upper part is a deep blue with a halftone dot pattern, and the lower part is a vibrant red, also with a halftone dot pattern. The overall impression is one of strength and movement.
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
jacattell.bsky.social
Note to self: Edit and publish your missing #weeknotes and be kind to yourself for not having done them, yet.

www.cattell.com/week-notes
James Arthur Cattell - Week notes
2025 Goal = Establish, improve (or stop) habits which achieve goals (or not). 2025 week 41 + 42 - reflecting and typing now... 2025 week 40 - we have a date! 2025 week 39 - new project 🥳 2025 week 15...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
jacattell.bsky.social
Work in or around the #PublicSector?

Want to discuss how to make things better, and expand your network?

Free on 17 January 2026 and can get to #Birmingham? (travel and accommodation bursary available).

Then register for @ukgovcamp.com 2026 ( #ukgc26 ) via forms.gle/tL5q1ZBHYxAq...
A bull with prominent horns is depicted in a stylized logo. The bull is in motion, with its body angled towards the left. Behind the bull, there's a dynamic, flame-like shape split into two colors: the upper part is a deep blue with a halftone dot pattern, and the lower part is a vibrant red, also with a halftone dot pattern. The overall impression is one of strength and movement.
October 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
jacattell.bsky.social
I'm listening to, "The briefing room: Is the UK in a data crisis?" www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... presented by @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social for BBC Radio 4. Released 16 October 2025. #data #statistics #census
The Briefing Room - Is the UK in a data crisis? - BBC Sounds
What’s gone wrong at the Office for National Statistics?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
jacattell.bsky.social
Good morning 🙂
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October 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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See you there, anyone? I'll be in #London for the day, especially #Whitehall and #Stratford, if you fancy a natter before, at or after @transformgovtalks.bsky.social 🙂
transformgovtalks.bsky.social transformgovtalks.bsky.social @transformgovtalks.bsky.social · Oct 17
🚨 6PM, WED 29 October 🚨

At the MoJ or online

Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation, on why 'transformation' has been so challenging for official statistics

​Dr Lauren Petrie, Government Internal Audit Agency, on the GIAA's work with data and AI

luma.com/3c92r9qr

Please share! Thanks 🙏
TransformGov Talks : October 2025 · Luma
Join us at 5.30pm for a 6pm start. Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation, on why 'transformation' has been so challenging for official statistics. Dr…
luma.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM