Mark Kilby
@markkilby.com
Author, consultant, leadership coach, distributed agile guide, career mentor, educator, native Floridian, dad/husband, and habitual collaborator. (he/him)
Believing everyone has value and purpose. Looking for a good conversation.
Believing everyone has value and purpose. Looking for a good conversation.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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I laughed and then wondered who would seriously consider that. Oh the tubes we are in.
October 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I laughed and then wondered who would seriously consider that. Oh the tubes we are in.
1000% agree. I feel you have the same issue if you lean too far into async work. I was recently told by a VP at a well-known tech company about the flawed hypothesis around async work: it assumes workers have time to read all the documentation generated. Sometime you just need a conversation.
May 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
1000% agree. I feel you have the same issue if you lean too far into async work. I was recently told by a VP at a well-known tech company about the flawed hypothesis around async work: it assumes workers have time to read all the documentation generated. Sometime you just need a conversation.
I might need you to show me how you transcribed all those podcast episodes. I’ve done 100s of interviews on different podcasts and it would be awesome to have my own transcripts
April 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I might need you to show me how you transcribed all those podcast episodes. I’ve done 100s of interviews on different podcasts and it would be awesome to have my own transcripts
Thanks Michael. That’s kind of you to say
April 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Thanks Michael. That’s kind of you to say
- The context in which you were first exposed to a topic (math, science, intuition, soft skills) can be somewhere on a spectrum from deep comfort to trauma 📗
- Deciding when to invest in a working relationship to fill in your gaps (on some of the topics above) 📘
- Deciding when to invest in a working relationship to fill in your gaps (on some of the topics above) 📘
March 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
- The context in which you were first exposed to a topic (math, science, intuition, soft skills) can be somewhere on a spectrum from deep comfort to trauma 📗
- Deciding when to invest in a working relationship to fill in your gaps (on some of the topics above) 📘
- Deciding when to invest in a working relationship to fill in your gaps (on some of the topics above) 📘
Some of the micro-lessons:
- How logic can be used as a weapon vs a relationship builder 📕
- How logic can be used as a weapon vs a relationship builder 📕
March 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Some of the micro-lessons:
- How logic can be used as a weapon vs a relationship builder 📕
- How logic can be used as a weapon vs a relationship builder 📕