by James Harwood
watch time: 5:30 mins Perhaps you have heard of Getting Things Done® before – or perhaps you haven’t. Here we break down just why it’s the tool to help your employee performance and overall work-life...
by Todd Brown
watch time: 4:49 mins We cannot operate at our best at all times, but have you paid enough attention to this when it comes to your work? Todd shares some great insights into getting the most out of your work life balance and being as efficient as...
by Adrian Schilling
Three days and then it’s finally Christmas! You have all your gifts ready, all invitations for your parties are sent out, you said yes to exactly what you needed most, you said no to all nonesense. Your work is already finished, you’ve done a thorough...
by Adrian Schilling
It’d been 4 years since I’d switched from Mac to PC and I was excited to come back to Mac and to dive into a new tool only existing on Mac. The promise was great : The tool would connect emails, notes, meetings, tasks, contacts, places, colleagues,...
by Robert Peake
You’re already a big fan of list, and to-lists but somehow still falling behind and feeling overwhelmed? We have the key to help solve this: the one list you should make...
by James Harwood
Join us live next month for the first public in-person course since...
by Blanka Petyusne Szecsenyi
Do you put on a load as soon as there are enough dirty clothes or do you wait until you run out of clean clothes? Do you do things when you can or when the red alert is flashing that the final deadline is right here? Consider your laundry basket as a Next Actions List...
by James Harwood
Several of the most powerful elements of the GTD® methodology are simply the extension of some habits many people are already using, in some form, into other areas of their lives, or applying some practises they have in place, in some situations, to many other areas...
by Robert Peake
A good workflow system is priceless – but perhaps we can quantify the actual Return On Investment in today’s...
by davidgriffin
I’m old enough to remember life before email, and it makes me shudder. I love email (and, truth be told, text messaging too) because it’s asynchronous. I write the message when it suits me to write it, and you read it when it suits you to read it. Unlike an...
by Todd Brown
Keyboard shortcuts and productivity apps are great and will certainly aid you in becoming more efficient – but perhaps there is a key element missing to really take your productivity to the next...
by Edward Lamont
This silence was definitely not golden. My audience looked at me expectantly, willing me on, but I had run out of words. I looked over to my parents seated in the second row. They too were encouraging but didn’t have the words I needed. Head down, I made a run for my...
by Robert Peake
A simple key to increasing your own effectiveness, whether you are an avid GTD® user or not (yet) – start with the end in...
by davidgriffin
Over the past few years, I’ve become aware of the idea of “cognitive load”. This refers to the extent to which your working memory is occupied by things your brain is processing. It has been a subject of study in the last 20 years or so, particularly with reference to...
by Edward Lamont
April is Stress Awareness Month. Are you stressed? As you are reading this, there is a good chance that you are. I’m not clairvoyant and I haven’t hacked your phone. It’s an educated guess. I know this simply because if you get our blogs you are likely a knowledge...
by Todd Brown
No matter what pressure you’re feeling in your productive life, GTD provides a...
by Robert Peake
We all have a ton of responsibilities and commitments, whether personal or work related; so how do you make sure you stay on top of these? First it’s important to define the type of commitment and then implement a system to track them. Today Robert gives some great...
by James Harwood
Isn’t it odd that we talk of ‘being in front of our computers’, rather than our computers ‘being in front of us’? Does this turn of phrase indicate that we feel our computers are in the seat of power? I recently asked a prospective coaching client “what do you do for...
by Todd Brown
Todd Brown provides some useful tips about how to make the most of summer by using the time to get more productive. It’s an opportunity for you to review your organisational system, your lists, your tools, and your processes for work. ...
by James Harwood
Don’t you find it odd, that although nearly everyone has grasped the fact that using a calendar is a useful way to organise their time-based commitments and they use one regularly, including sending invites, syncing them between their computers and phones, checking...
by Miles Seecharan
Hands up if you’re looking forward to the resumption of your commute…? Despite the fact that it’s April Fools’ day as this blog goes to press, it’s not a trick question. The commute gets a bad rap in popular culture, its imagery that of monstrous tailbacks on the M25...
by Todd Brown
Welcome back to GTD® from the Top. In this series I’m aiming to distil the core ideas behind the Getting Things Done® methodology into easily digestible bites. I’m hoping that you’ll use this series to reflect on how GTD might better help you or your organisation to...
by Todd Brown
Welcome back to GTD® from the Top. In this series my goal is to boil down the core ideas behind the Getting Things Done® methodology into quickly digestible bites. I’m hoping that you’ll use this series to reflect on how GTD might better help you or your organisation...
by James Harwood
I’m writing this blog post because it is due in two days. I could have written it two weeks ago, but I didn’t. I usually write my blog posts on the publishing deadline day. This one is different because there are other things also due this week: cards to write,...