Fast Forward - Project Management and Personal Productivity Training for Researchers

Learn from an expert how powerful and transformative a simple and robust productivity system can be. Participate in this implementation program, which is a 7-week training designed to help you implement an agile project and time management system in your research projects. It will transform the way you work and help you achieve new levels of clarity, focus and momentum in your projects, while reducing your stress levels.

Additional information incl. interviews with past participants is available here: https://mindmatters.pro/fastforward/

Format:

• Weekly pre-recorded lectures to watch at your own pace

• Weekly 1-hour live Q&A session via Zoom video conference hosted by Nadine to answer your questions

• Self-study workbooks and templates to help you implement the techniques in your projects with actionable feedback on weekly course assignments on a dedicated private community platform

• Private community that allows you to interact with peers and exchange additional resources

• Personal Productivity Score assessment at the beginning and end of the course

Pre-requisites
This training is for you if you can attend all live Q&A sessions, have a project that you can work on during the course, are ready to roll up your sleeves to work with the tools and techniques and are willing to engage with the trainers and your peers on these topics.

This training is not for you if you are just looking for information on personal productivity and project management, cannot take the time to attend the live Q&A sessions and implement the techniques, or are unwilling to engage in discussions with others.

Ideally, the project should last at least 3 months from the beginning of the course and at minimum 8 weeks. Your project of choice should have a professional context - it can be a research project, writing a paper/thesis, a literature search to define a project, a job search or similar.

Start: Monday, Oct 20, 2025, with a live Kickoff (Zoom) from 10:00-11:30 CET (Berlin)

Duration:weekly Wednesday live Q&A sessions via Zoom @17:00-18:00 CET (Berlin) for 7 consecutive weeks (between October 20 and December 5); an alternative session may be offered on Thursday - number of participants permitting (only one session per week needs to be attended)

Time required:approx. 3-4 hours each week (incl. live Q&A session) - time may vary slightly depending on the complexity of the project selected
Please set aside 1 hour in the week before the course (week of October 13) to complete the onboarding process

Language: English

Certificate: Issued upon completion (requires attendance of at least 6 of the 7 live Q&A sessions and completion of the course assignments in the private course community)

Trainers: Dr Nadine Sinclair

Sign-up deadline: Monday, Oct 6

We hold an informal (optional) info meeting for those interested in participating in Fast Forward to ask any questions before the final sign-up deadline.

• Friday, Sep 26 @10-10:30 CET/Berlin

• Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86235421347?pwd=RWXEbPzIcXmmBcZMyaxSnUMSoQsa2q.1

• A sign-up for this meeting is not required - those interested in the course can join if needed.

Registration is possible until October 6, 2025 via our website.