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Productivity: the year in review

I’ve been using David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” system for over two years now, and I’ve gone from having over 200 open tasks, to 80 tasks, to 40 tasks, and have gone from a task-level view to a (more-or-less) project-level view of what I’m doing. I’ve reviewed The Book several times and have gotten to what I believe is a steady-state in my task management.

From this experience, I conclude that productivity to me is comprised of four factors:
1. Follow through on (or renegotiate) promises

Getting Things Done is all about following through on promises: promises that you make to … Continue Reading

Happy Holidays!

It’s been a little while.  I have a new job: I’m now in charge of “process management & continuous service improvement” for my department, as part of our new “planning & strategy” team.  The job’s really exciting and really it’s my career goal, so now I’m trying to learn as much as I can to be effective.  I’ve been reading “Business Process Change” and I have a set of the ITIL v3 books, so I want to read these carefully and create a bibliography of process improvement information.  I’m trying to figure out how my blog/a blog will … Continue Reading

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