Jonathan Stott
Jonathan is the Technical Architect at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. He manages two teams of developers responsible for building and maintaining public and internal websites and systems. After gaining a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Kent in 2008 he has worked as a developer using Java, Groovy and Scala before moving into a leadership role at RPS in 2016. In his spare time he plays the trumpet in two bands in Canterbury, Kent and is a keen fan of Lego!
Business as usual vs. innovation: how to get the balance right
One of the challenges facing teams, particularly small ones, is having to balance the time spent on doing fun new things and having to support old (or antique!) systems and processes. These are the 'business as usual' (BAU) things which probably underpin the current revenue of your business.