All Episodes

125: Systems Check Spring 2026

124: I’m a Failing Nuclear Power Plant with James Thomson

123: The Art of Giving Feedback

122: There is No One True Anything with Merlin Mann

121: A Tie-Dye of Work Being Done

120: Sometimes, you're not ready for me. 💅🏻

119: The "Jerk-Free" Guide to Networking

118: System Checks 2025

117: The Year to be Selfish

116: End of the Year Celebration Planning

115: Productivity Inside Systems You Don’t Control

114: Productivity Fast and Slow

113: I Assure You, I Know Who I Am with Tiff Arment

112: I Like Your Skillz

111: Human: How you doin?

110: Conquering P and other letters.

109: Thinking About Things Differently

108: Systems Check Summer 2025

107: Bored as a Benefit

106: This Is Not an Episode (But We're Sorry)

105: Is It OK to Not Plan For The Future??

104: Checking In on Checking Out

103: The Privilege of Doing This

102: Planning/Doing things for Me/We

101: Systems Check Spring 2025

100: It's Episode 100!!

99: Expecting Expectations

98: Presentation Advice: What is Even Happening!

97: Reducing Load with the Unicorn’s Busiest Internets

96: Body Grief

95: Communicating about Communicating

94: Supervised Learning

93: Burning the Candle in the Name of Joy!

92: Finding the Joy

91: Robb Knight made this for himself, and maybe you too.

90: "Big Theme Guy," with Stephen Hackett

89: End of the Year Systems Check!

88: More work, that’s good… I think? 🤔

87: 🔥 Burned All The Way Out 🔥

86: Just Let It Unfold

85: Embracing Boring 🥱

84: No Expectations: The Spiderman Story

83: The TIRE Method Revisited

82: Systems Check Summer 2024

81: Brett’s Mental Health (and Tech) Corner

80: Jay Didn’t Have a Connection!?

79: Over (Many) Night(s) Success

78: Big Bundles of Identical Tasks

77: Let Me Cook

76: Systems Check Spring 2024

75: Ideates 💡 vs Executioners 🪓

74: Knucklebones: Big Risk, Big Rewards

73: You May Feel Some Slight Discomfort

72: Back That Thing Up

71: This Is Good For You…You Need To Stop

70: Gimme F&!!#&g Zen

69: Systems Check Winter 2024: Systems Che….ck

68: Well, We Made A Mistake

67: Plan but Be Ready To Pivot

66: I Wish I had a Britnie

65: Embracing the Chaos being Toxic and Positive

64: Creating Productivity Software with NO PRODUCTIVITY SYSTEM!

63: Tiny Audits For a Mini-Kondo Benefit

62: Systems Check Fall 2023

61: The Conduit Burnout Candle 🕯️

60: Not Juggling, It’s Balancing

59: Everything is Broken!

58: Finding Your Rhythm

57: I Need Help to Get the Help

56: Systems Check Summer 2023: Sidetracked With Doing Stuff

55: Expectations of Being in a New Space

54: The Perfect Productivity Show

53: It's A Mess, We're A Mess, It's Messy.

52: NOTES! That right there, that’s a good thing

51: Touching Squishy Brains 👉🧠👈

50: Friendship HIPAA

49: Systems Check Spring 2023: Unicorns and Thundercats

48: Long Projects: Remove the Concept of Time

47: The Secret Soup Packing Sauce

46: Feed the Ducks 🦆

45: Adjusting to Adjustments

44: Taking Care of That Jar in the PreSeason

43: Systems Check: Chugga Chugga To DO

42: We Asked a Lot of Questions

41: Accountability: Doing it Right

40: Throwing Off the Emperor's Groove

39: Self Care Isn't Selfish

38: Scrape, Scrap, and Survive

37: Systems Check Fall 2022 - Systems Don’t Solve Everything

36: Brain Bags 🧠 🎒👜👛

35: Serious Unicorning Around

34: Debug My Nervous System

33: 🧠🐸

32: First of all, Is it Fun? With Brad Dowdy

31: Salt, Pepper, Garlic, Fall

30: Facing the Reality of Being a Face

29: Systems Check Summer 2022 ✅

28: When Failure Happens

27: These Are The Spoons You Have

26: The Content Dragon Appears! 💙🐉

25: Caring to Care

24: Tiny Annoying Tasks

23: Making Do With What We Have

22: You Con Clean Things Up

21: Plan To Be Flexible

20: Living in a World Where 'And' Exists

19: Eating the Devil’s Spaghetti: Combating Imposter Syndrome

18: Putting External Factors in a VICE Grip 🗜

17: Space, and Related Subjects, For Your Productivity

16: A Good Friend Tells You What You Already Knew

15: Jay Has Some Big Decisions

14: Giving Ourselves the Appropriate Amount of Expectations

13: Happiness First, Productivity Second

12: Con Doing It Live!

11: HUUUUUUUGE Opportunities For You

10: Through the Hurt with Scotty Jackson

9: Decision Space (The TIRE Technique)

8: Fear of Success, Because if I Succeed…

7: See, What We’re Not Gon’ Do… Saying No to Things!

6: Getting back into the Swing of Things 🏏

5: Sustained Progress: Over Being Overwhelmed

4: Big and Little Wind Downs

3: Getting Away, Now!

2: When You Can’t Even (Or Odd)

1: Our Systems: The Unicorn & Silk Sonic Methods

0: Episode 0 - It’s the Show!