Modern technical work requires sustained focus inside environments built for constant interruption. Between context switching, tool sprawl, alert fatigue, and compressed timelines, many teams are operating under chronic cognitive overload—often without realizing it. The cost shows up as slower decisions, brittle collaboration, rework, and burnout masked as productivity.

In this session, Ashley René Casey makes cognitive load visible. She breaks down how overload accumulates in data-driven and engineering environments, why individual discipline isn’t the root issue, and how poorly designed workflows quietly tax human thinking. Rather than offering productivity hacks, this talk focuses on practical ways to reduce friction, protect mental bandwidth, and restore clarity without sacrificing output.

Attendees leave with a clearer understanding of how their work environment shapes performance—and concrete strategies to design workflows that support better thinking, stronger collaboration, and more sustainable execution.

This can be a keynote or workshop.