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About the Book
No One is Coming to Save You: The Power-Ups to Help Surf the Chaos" by Dave Prior and Stuart Young is a self-help book focused on developing essential human skills ("Power-Ups") to navigate personal and professional challenges in a chaotic and uncertain world, especially with the rise of AI. The authors emphasise that personal growth and improvement are individual responsibilities, as "no one is coming to save you”.
In a world obsessed with trends, tools, and templates, Power-Ups cuts through the noise. It’s a straight-talking survival guide packed with the timeless human skills you actually need to thrive.
Dave Prior and Stuart Young share the hacks, mash-ups, and cautionary tales forged across years of real-world experiments learned through trial and error (and error, and error, and error). They’ve stumbled, failed, and figured some things out the hard way so you don’t have to.
About the Editors
With a marker in one hand and a mission in mind, I empower individuals and teams to thrive in today’s fast-paced world through a unique blend of emotional intelligence, visual storytelling, and product-focused training and coaching.
As an educator, Certified Scrum Trainer, coach, and facilitator, I help organisations around the world unleash creativity, foster growth through learning, align on vision, and drive real, lasting transformation.
Blending practical business and Agile know-how with a passion for human connection, I design and deliver highly interactive workshops and learning experiences that don’t just teach skills — they spark confidence, build emotional intelligence, and unlock new levels of personal and professional growth.
My publications are a natural extension of these passions — focused on emotional intelligence, visual storytelling, and product thinking to support meaningful change.
A refugee of the music business, I stumbled into traditional project management and later face planted my way into Agile. I’ve spent my entire career studying and exploring better ways to get work done. Everything I do is rooted in two primary questions:
1. What can I do to optimize my ability to show up and be of service to others?
2. How can I, and the people I am collaborating with, continue learning how to work better together so that we all come away from the our time together as better versions of ourselves.
Whether I am coaching, teaching, podcasting, or leading projects, I apply a systems thinking lens to all my interactions, and my job is, to paraphrase Bruce Lee, to be like water.