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.
Hello, I Must Be Going This is the last issue of my newsletter. Details and parting thoughts inside.…
Hello, I Must Be Going
This is the last issue of my newsletter. Details and parting thoughts inside. ͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ Hello, I Must Be Going This is the last issue of my newsletter. Details and parting thoughts inside. Staying Human with Tech · February 18, 2026 Did someone forward you this? Subscribe to this newsletter. Hello, friends. This is the last edition of Staying Human with Tech…
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Should I? Should I? Staying Human with Tech · February 5, 2026 Did someone forward you this? Subscribe to this newsletter. One question you should always ask before you try out some new software or visit some new website is: Should I? Even people in technology are doing some absolutely crazy…
Should I?
Should I? Staying Human with Tech · February 5, 2026 Did someone forward you this? Subscribe to this newsletter. One question you should always ask before you try out some new software or visit some new website is: Should I? Even people in technology are doing some absolutely crazy things these days. Let me briefly share a story that has evolved over the last week.
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A Place for Us A Place for Us Staying Human with Tech · January 27, 2026 Did someone forward you this? Subscribe to this newsletter.
A Place for Us
A Place for Us Staying Human with Tech · January 27, 2026 Did someone forward you this? Subscribe to this newsletter.
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2026 – The Year We Keep Moving Together If your inbox is like mine, you have been flooded with emails in these first few days of the new year. That’s not my intention. I just want to leave you a suggestion and a preview of things to come. Here are my suggestions for 2026: Keep Stable Ground Keep…
2026 – The Year We Keep Moving Together
If your inbox is like mine, you have been flooded with emails in these first few days of the new year. That’s not my intention. I just want to leave you a suggestion and a preview of things to come. Here are my suggestions for 2026: Keep Stable Ground Keep Moving Let Go of What Slows You Down Move Together When You Can…
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A Glimpse into Remote Work in 2026 I had promised an update on remote work, and now it’s time make good on that promise. Back in September 2025, I had run a survey asking what topics were of most interest to my current readers. The top results: 19% - Post-modern agile (many of my current readers…
A Glimpse into Remote Work in 2026
I had promised an update on remote work, and now it’s time make good on that promise. Back in September 2025, I had run a survey asking what topics were of most interest to my current readers. The top results: 19% - Post-modern agile (many of my current readers are in the agile community) 17% - AI as teammate, not overlord…
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The Whiplash of Modern Work The Whiplash of Modern Work Staying Human with Tech · January 20, 2026 Did someone forward you this? Subscribe to this newsletter. It seems like every week, we feel a type of whiplash at work. I hear the following from my clients and colleagues: One client mentioned…
The Whiplash of Modern Work
The Whiplash of Modern Work Staying Human with Tech · January 20, 2026 Did someone forward you this? Subscribe to this newsletter. It seems like every week, we feel a type of whiplash at work. I hear the following from my clients and colleagues: One client mentioned they were told to be innovative and take risks, but later, a surprise performance improvement plan (PIP) focused on keeping to goals and not making mistakes…
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Setting Waypoints for your Career Trails Waypoints allow us to mark our journey in our careers Ever look up from your screen during the work day and wonder “What am I doing here?” You’re busy, but not focused. Grinding through your day. You’re not even sure of your goal anymore. You may think,…
Setting Waypoints for your Career Trails
Waypoints allow us to mark our journey in our careers Ever look up from your screen during the work day and wonder “What am I doing here?” You’re busy, but not focused. Grinding through your day. You’re not even sure of your goal anymore. You may think, “What am I doing in this job?” Sounds like you might be missing a waypoint on your career trail.
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Super excited to have @iafacilitators.bsky.social among the community partners for #OFU2025. Warm-up programming starts Nov 17, agenda and details coming out over the weekend. Check it out! #facilitation #groupwork #leadership #collaboration
OFU Exchange@ofuexchange.bsky.social · last yr.It gives us immense pleasure to welcome the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) as a Community Partner for #OFU2025.
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.
Weak leaders insist that they're the best. They seek attention to feed their egos, and measure success by how many followers they attract. Strong leaders ask how they can get better. They seek feedback to fuel their growth, and gauge success by how many lives they improve.
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On Monday, October 27 at 4:15pm, I'll be sharing my model on how to navigate a winding career trail (when you can't find a smooth career path). Will you be hiking over to AgileDC to hear the trail stories? www.agiledc.org #AgileDC2025 #AgileCommunity #AgileLeadership
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Feeling a little lost in your current job or that next job search? #careertrails differability.works/setting-wayp...
Setting Waypoints for your Career Trails
Ever look up from your screen during the work day and wonder “What am I doing here?” You’re busy, but not focused. Grinding through your day. You’re not even sure of your goal anymore. You may thi...
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Whether you consider yourself technical or not, but you work with people in tech, this podcast episode is worth a listen. 👂 Brilliant episode Andrea Goulet and Ray Myers !!! www.empathyintech.com/empathy-and-...
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Does the thought of networking make you cringe? Then this may help present some alternatives. #careertrails differability.works/find-career-...
Find Career Trails Through Connections and Skip Networking
Does attending networking events give you the “ick” feeling? Me too. That’s why I decided not to network early in my career. Instead, I blazed my own career trail by doing what I always did well: ...
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An interesting experiment from a friend @pilarorti.bsky.social - Reflections on Co-writing with a Bot open.substack.com/pub/spiralli...
Reflections on Co-writing with a Bot
It’s been over a year now since I published The Remote Worker’s Guide to Time Management, which I co-wrote with ChatGPT. Here are some things I learned through the process.
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Some concepts for navigating your future career that I want to explore this week at AGILE OPEN NORTHWEST (will be sharing more next week)
Skip the Path - Find Your Career Trail
For years, we've been sold the idea of a "career path" - a straight, predictable line from entry-level to the corner office. We've been told that with the right planning, right skills, and right moves...
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I've been wrestling with my first newsletter of the year. Here's hoping this one floats someone's day. differability.works/finding-safe...
Finding Safe Harbors in Storms
I’ve attempted to write something useful for the last six weeks. Each time, it’s turned somewhat dark and stormy. 2025 has not started gently with national politics, international politics, job marke...
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These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business. Costco Meijer Kroger Giant Grocery Ben & Jerry’s Ulta, Macy’s Old Navy Nordstrom’s TJ Maxx GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…) Dollar Tree Walgreens Wegmans
wait do we know for sure which one zuck was referring to
2025.02 Start Your Public Speaking with Internal Presentations www.jrothman.com/mpd/2025/01/... #Speaking #Writing
2025.02 Start Your Public Speaking with Internal Presentations - Johanna Rothman
My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for January 10, 2025, where I ...
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Maybe stop calling it "Return to Work"? It's been 5 years. If WFH people were all screwing around, productivity would have plummetted. It's not. Productivity's up 2%/quarter the last 5 quarters, higher than projections from 2019. And offices are still only half full. thehustle.co/news/return-...
Return-to-work mandates are struggling
Return-to-office mandates aren’t going well for some companies that lack the space.
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Hard to imagine sometimes, but so important to remember, that a human being like Ethan is on the other end of the camera, standing within these scenes themselves as they capture them.
News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · 2y agoThese extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
When someone states, "I believe that we do our best work when we are together in person," it means they are not ready to lead a company in the XXI century, and the board should take action. #WorkTrends #Innovation #Leadership #Adverstising www.businessinsider.com/wpp-memo-ret...
Read the memo advertising giant WPP sent to staff calling them back to the office 4 days a week
Mark Read, the CEO of the world's biggest advertising group, told WPP's 114,000 employees they needed to be in the office four days a week from April.
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2025 is about leaders who trust their teams, not managers who count office chairs. Imagine trusting your employees enough to let them work how and where they perform best. That’s remote work.
While unbossing may be a new trend, the recommended solutions have been around 10-20 years. Fascinating!
HR Curator@hrcurator.bsky.social · 2y agoUnbossing Could Be Your Undoing….Unless www.linkedin.com/pulse/unboss... #management #leadership #engagement #e4s #Culture