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We believe so strongly that this can help you overcome your overwhelm that we are offering the first of four sessions of our Productivity Survival course for free to our subscribers. This offer is only for subscribers to:

• Mark's Newsletter - Staying Human with Tech
• Dave's Newsletter - DrunkenPM Radio

Productivity Survival: Overcome Your Overwhelm

There's a great wave of overcommitment rising above you—you're overloaded, overallocated, and overwhelmed. What if you could ride that wave instead of getting crushed under it? You can't stop the wave of demands coming at you, but we can teach you to surf

The Problem: When you can't visualize all your work, you can't understand it. When you can't understand it, you can't make intentional choices about what matters most. The result? Constant overwhelm, missed priorities, and burnout.

The Solution: Learn to create a personalized visualization system that captures everything—work projects, personal commitments, energy drains, and energy boosters. Then use that system to find patterns, make better decisions, and regain control.

Why This Works: We don't teach productivity hacks or rigid frameworks that eventually fail. Instead, we help you design a bespoke system that evolves with you over time. You'll spend less time stressed and more time on what truly matters.

What You'll Learn:

• Visualize ALL your planned tasks (work, home, everywhere)
• Identify patterns in your most productive work
• Optimize your energy for sustainable performance
• Make intentional choices about priorities
• Adjust gracefully when unexpected changes arise

Four Live Sessions (90 minutes each):

• October 16: Visualize and Plan: Build (or rebuild) your visual management system.
• October 23: See Your Flow: Notice patterns that indicate when you are working well or to find the sources of your overwhelm.
• October 30: Understand Your Work In Progress: How to capture EVERYTHING in your work visualization and track it to see new patterns.
• November 06: Study and Adjust: Practices to make small and large adjustments to your work visualization. Learn when to trash your visualization, start over, and feel.

Perfect for anyone struggling with their current productivity approach and ready to transform overwhelm into intentional action.

Your Productivity Surfing Guides:

Dave Prior

Dave Prior has been leading technology projects and helping individuals and teams find better ways to manage their work for over 20 years. He has managed projects, programs, PMOs, and portfolios, and has focused on Agile since 1999.

Dave has been podcasting about Agile and Project Management since 2008. He currently produces drunkenPM Radio’s Reluctant Agilist (Spotify, Apple) and has broadcast at the Agile Alliance conference for the last several years. His podcasts cover Agile basics, best practices for transitioning from a waterfall to an Agile approach, industry trends, and more advanced Agile topics.

Dave is an independent consultant and leads Certified Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Product Owner classes throughout the United States and online. He is also the Chief Experience Officer of the Agile Network, a member of the Scrum Alliance TAC, and lives in Austin, TX.

Connect with Dave on LinkedIn.

Mark Kilby

Mark Kilby brings over two decades of experience helping individuals, teams, and organizations ride the wave of overwhelming work demands instead of getting crushed beneath them. As an organizational coach and systems thinking practitioner, Mark has guided countless professionals from chaos to clarity across multiple industries.

Mark's approach mirrors the course philosophy: rather than imposing rigid frameworks, he helps people build personalized systems that evolve with their changing needs. His experience coaching distributed agile teams has given him deep insight into visualizing complex workflows, managing competing priorities, and helping people find patterns in their most productive practices.

As co-author of "From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams," Mark understands that sustainable productivity isn't about stopping the waves of demand—it's about learning to surf them with intention and clarity. His easy-going style helps people navigate change and build systems that reduce stress while increasing impact.

Mark shares his insights at markkilby.com and through his Staying Human With Tech newsletter.  Connect with Mark on LinkedIn.