Harry Bailey
@harrybailey.com
Agency (creative/digital) ways of working and project delivery thoughts. Crafter of trusted tactics.
Ex-Agency Founder | Dad | Mancunian 🐝
Tactical Delivery Habits: harrybailey.com/framework/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/harrybailey
Ex-Agency Founder | Dad | Mancunian 🐝
Tactical Delivery Habits: harrybailey.com/framework/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/harrybailey
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Harry Bailey
@harrybailey.com
· Mar 29
Harry Bailey - Agency Project Delivery Expert
Two decades of experience. Harry helps agencies de-risk project delivery. Client alignment, scope creep & overruns. Find out more...
harrybailey.com
Hi new peeps, 👋🏻 I’m Harry Bailey.
I solve tricky client project delivery challenges with agencies teams.
Ensuring successful, profitable projects and stronger client relationships.
Questions? DM me! Or learn more on harrybailey.com #ClientSuccess #AgencyLife #ProjectManagement
I solve tricky client project delivery challenges with agencies teams.
Ensuring successful, profitable projects and stronger client relationships.
Questions? DM me! Or learn more on harrybailey.com #ClientSuccess #AgencyLife #ProjectManagement
If you can count it, it’s fewer, not less.
Less water. Fewer grapes. Less pizza. Fewer mistakes. Less anxiety. Fewer presents. Less snow. Fewer snowflakes. Less complex. Fewer complications.
Less water. Fewer grapes. Less pizza. Fewer mistakes. Less anxiety. Fewer presents. Less snow. Fewer snowflakes. Less complex. Fewer complications.
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If you can count it, it’s fewer, not less.
Less water. Fewer grapes. Less pizza. Fewer mistakes. Less anxiety. Fewer presents. Less snow. Fewer snowflakes. Less complex. Fewer complications.
Less water. Fewer grapes. Less pizza. Fewer mistakes. Less anxiety. Fewer presents. Less snow. Fewer snowflakes. Less complex. Fewer complications.
Just spotted that 1Password has Travel Mode where families, and businesses can temporarily remove vaults from all devices of an individual. Clever stuff given the current travel situation.
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Just spotted that 1Password has Travel Mode where families, and businesses can temporarily remove vaults from all devices of an individual. Clever stuff given the current travel situation.
The lollipop lady is doing well for Christmas gifts! I hadn’t really considered how ever present and consistently bubbly and chatty they are.
Something in that perhaps.
Something in that perhaps.
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The lollipop lady is doing well for Christmas gifts! I hadn’t really considered how ever present and consistently bubbly and chatty they are.
Something in that perhaps.
Something in that perhaps.
Utilisation shapes behaviour at agencies.
Even when unspoken, utilisation rewards looking busy. Agile asks teams to limit work in progress. Agencies often reward the opposite behaviour.
harrybailey.com/agile-coachi...
Even when unspoken, utilisation rewards looking busy. Agile asks teams to limit work in progress. Agencies often reward the opposite behaviour.
harrybailey.com/agile-coachi...
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Utilisation shapes behaviour at agencies.
Even when unspoken, utilisation rewards looking busy. Agile asks teams to limit work in progress. Agencies often reward the opposite behaviour.
harrybailey.com/agile-coachi...
Even when unspoken, utilisation rewards looking busy. Agile asks teams to limit work in progress. Agencies often reward the opposite behaviour.
harrybailey.com/agile-coachi...
Amazing visualisation of where Billionaires were born, where they live, and the path of migration. Billionaire Migration Map.
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wesleystubenbord.com/viz/billiona...
Billionaire Migration: An Interactive Map
An interactive map of city-level migration flows for 3,146 billionaires from birth to most recent residence.
wesleystubenbord.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Amazing visualisation of where Billionaires were born, where they live, and the path of migration. Billionaire Migration Map.
wesleystubenbord.com/viz/billiona...
wesleystubenbord.com/viz/billiona...
Reposted by Harry Bailey
Agencies don’t struggle because the work is bespoke, but because the repeatable parts get reinvented every time.
A bit of structure can actually protect creativity rather than limit it.
A bit of structure can actually protect creativity rather than limit it.
Why Productisation Isn’t a Box. It’s a Backbone.
Most agencies flinch when they hear the word productisation. It sounds like someone’s about to force their work into a neat little package with a bow on top. A fixed scope, a shiny cover, a rigid proc...
agency-tactics.ghost.io
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Agencies don’t struggle because the work is bespoke, but because the repeatable parts get reinvented every time.
A bit of structure can actually protect creativity rather than limit it.
A bit of structure can actually protect creativity rather than limit it.
Agencies don’t struggle because the work is bespoke, but because the repeatable parts get reinvented every time.
A bit of structure can actually protect creativity rather than limit it.
A bit of structure can actually protect creativity rather than limit it.
Why Productisation Isn’t a Box. It’s a Backbone.
Most agencies flinch when they hear the word productisation. It sounds like someone’s about to force their work into a neat little package with a bow on top. A fixed scope, a shiny cover, a rigid proc...
agency-tactics.ghost.io
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Agencies don’t struggle because the work is bespoke, but because the repeatable parts get reinvented every time.
A bit of structure can actually protect creativity rather than limit it.
A bit of structure can actually protect creativity rather than limit it.
ChatGPT: You are right, that paragraph I referred to did not exist on the page. Let’s use what actually exists.
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
ChatGPT: You are right, that paragraph I referred to did not exist on the page. Let’s use what actually exists.
Dropbox desperately trying to convince me that 80.79% is 'nearly full' and I need to start paying. 🙄
December 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dropbox desperately trying to convince me that 80.79% is 'nearly full' and I need to start paying. 🙄
Who submitted their actually date of birth to BlueSky? Nobody I assume.
December 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Who submitted their actually date of birth to BlueSky? Nobody I assume.
ChatGPT context for chats in a project is faulty.
I’ve just had a long back and forth in a chat to understand the limitations and ask about the potential improvements.
Here is what the system currently does, and what I think it should do instead.
Much of this comes direct from ChatGPT.
🧵 1/7
I’ve just had a long back and forth in a chat to understand the limitations and ask about the potential improvements.
Here is what the system currently does, and what I think it should do instead.
Much of this comes direct from ChatGPT.
🧵 1/7
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
ChatGPT context for chats in a project is faulty.
I’ve just had a long back and forth in a chat to understand the limitations and ask about the potential improvements.
Here is what the system currently does, and what I think it should do instead.
Much of this comes direct from ChatGPT.
🧵 1/7
I’ve just had a long back and forth in a chat to understand the limitations and ask about the potential improvements.
Here is what the system currently does, and what I think it should do instead.
Much of this comes direct from ChatGPT.
🧵 1/7
Found this when going through old uni folders. “Discovering the Web” from 1999
December 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Found this when going through old uni folders. “Discovering the Web” from 1999
The latest Apple accessibility ad is great. “I’m not remarkable” youtu.be/KmFPWxjmnqE?...
Accessibility | I’m Not Remarkable | Apple
YouTube video by Apple
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The latest Apple accessibility ad is great. “I’m not remarkable” youtu.be/KmFPWxjmnqE?...
I finally made a ChatGPT project to encourage me to update my wardrobe and dress consciously.
It prioritises new items, finds ideas online and tells me what goes together (and doesn’t).
Even considers the weather.
It prioritises new items, finds ideas online and tells me what goes together (and doesn’t).
Even considers the weather.
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I finally made a ChatGPT project to encourage me to update my wardrobe and dress consciously.
It prioritises new items, finds ideas online and tells me what goes together (and doesn’t).
Even considers the weather.
It prioritises new items, finds ideas online and tells me what goes together (and doesn’t).
Even considers the weather.
Reposted by Harry Bailey
A tiny Japan moment made it into the FT’s Working It: a robot tour guide showing me around, operated remotely by a disabled worker elsewhere in the country. A reminder that the real future of work is human (and also kawaai)
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A tiny Japan moment made it into the FT’s Working It: a robot tour guide showing me around, operated remotely by a disabled worker elsewhere in the country. A reminder that the real future of work is human (and also kawaai)
I just learned that every red postbox in the UK has the cypher of the monarch in power when it was built, right on the front of it. So now you can work out just how old each box you use is.
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I just learned that every red postbox in the UK has the cypher of the monarch in power when it was built, right on the front of it. So now you can work out just how old each box you use is.
I’m off to Liverpool tomorrow to talk agency delivery models, mentoring and The Beatles. Any recommendations for a cafe nearish Lime Street greatly appreciated.
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’m off to Liverpool tomorrow to talk agency delivery models, mentoring and The Beatles. Any recommendations for a cafe nearish Lime Street greatly appreciated.
AI is great for content, it's likely been used by most for months now, but the real potential for agencies sits behind the scenes.
The next step is to automate (safely and well) the hygiene factors, protect the human elements and free teams to create the magic clients actually remember.
The next step is to automate (safely and well) the hygiene factors, protect the human elements and free teams to create the magic clients actually remember.
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
AI is great for content, it's likely been used by most for months now, but the real potential for agencies sits behind the scenes.
The next step is to automate (safely and well) the hygiene factors, protect the human elements and free teams to create the magic clients actually remember.
The next step is to automate (safely and well) the hygiene factors, protect the human elements and free teams to create the magic clients actually remember.
If you use 1Password, you'll have wondered about inheritance of access, should you need it.
Sharing recovery details gives access to everything. All logins. Here's a workaround to give only chosen vault access.
> Setting Up Partial Digital Inheritance with 1Password
harrybailey.com/2025/12/sett...
Sharing recovery details gives access to everything. All logins. Here's a workaround to give only chosen vault access.
> Setting Up Partial Digital Inheritance with 1Password
harrybailey.com/2025/12/sett...
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you use 1Password, you'll have wondered about inheritance of access, should you need it.
Sharing recovery details gives access to everything. All logins. Here's a workaround to give only chosen vault access.
> Setting Up Partial Digital Inheritance with 1Password
harrybailey.com/2025/12/sett...
Sharing recovery details gives access to everything. All logins. Here's a workaround to give only chosen vault access.
> Setting Up Partial Digital Inheritance with 1Password
harrybailey.com/2025/12/sett...
I was just told I shared a great analogy.
Considering how much I lean on analogies, that should probably happen more often.
Considering how much I lean on analogies, that should probably happen more often.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I was just told I shared a great analogy.
Considering how much I lean on analogies, that should probably happen more often.
Considering how much I lean on analogies, that should probably happen more often.
I still think a lot about the calm tech talk I saw Amber Case do many many years ago.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I still think a lot about the calm tech talk I saw Amber Case do many many years ago.
A very welcome but unexpected all-hands coachee farewell email arrived yesterday. This is why I love the human part of work so much. They made it!
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A very welcome but unexpected all-hands coachee farewell email arrived yesterday. This is why I love the human part of work so much. They made it!
Interesting read.
Frontend is failing. 75% of devices with browsers are smartphones, but not even half of sites pass Core Web Vitals on them. Why not? Too much JavaScript, added to indulge SPA fantasies the data is falsifying in real time:
infrequently.org/2025/11/perf...
infrequently.org/2025/11/perf...
The Performance Inequality Gap, 2026 - Infrequently Noted
Embedded in this year's network and device estimates is hopeful news about the trajectory of devices and networks. It has never been easier to deliver pages quickly, but we are not collectively…
infrequently.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Interesting read.
I’m not crying, I just have something in my eye. xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I’m not crying, I just have something in my eye. xkcd.com/3172/
