Hello, my name is Mike Tattersall. I've spent the last several years scaling Hippo Digital's consultancy workforce from 60 to over 700 people, delivering digital services for government and other regulated, public-interest organisations, and more recently exploring what AI agents can (and can't) do in that same context. This is the central home for everything I write, wherever it's published: product management, service design, delivery leadership, and AI.
We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard
— John F. Kennedy
Blog
The potential and downsides of creating an AI-powered project brain (opens in a new tab)
20th August 2026 Hippo DigitalWhat we learned building a government service with an AI agent (opens in a new tab)
4th August 2026 Hippo DigitalMost organisations aren't ready for AI (opens in a new tab)
March 2026 Hippo DigitalProduct Management Mindsets: Agile & adaptable by nature (opens in a new tab)
June 2025 Hippo DigitalMy Productivity System
28th August 2024 miketattersall.comService Design
12th February 2023 miketattersall.comMy Product Management Principles
12th February 2023 miketattersall.comProduct Management In Government
12th February 2023 miketattersall.comBuilding Effective Teams to Solve Problems
12th February 2023 miketattersall.comA positive approach to risk mitigation requires human-centred thinking (opens in a new tab)
September 2022 Hippo DigitalBuilding a single sign-on for government: What we've learnt so far (opens in a new tab)
3rd August 2021 GDS / Services in GovernmentBusiness Subject Matter Experts – Get one (or two) (opens in a new tab)
4th June 2015 DWP DigitalFor staff, with staff – Improving the digital back office (opens in a new tab)
27th October 2014 DWP DigitalUser needs take the lead (opens in a new tab)
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