During the Olympic Games last month I noticed three references to people doing their “great work” in 6 hours a day. Michael Phelps swims for 5-6 hours a day, churning through 16 km of water. With winning 8 gold medals, he demonstrated some very successful outcomes for that […]
Open Work Strategy Mindy wonders whether more could be made of the “open work” strategy, where people work remotely from an office. “It is clear to all of us that we are now living in a world different from one that any other generation has worked in: a […]
Productivity101 Nicholas released his 101 ideas about productivity post … a great summation of many good ideas in one place. Eg, #66, “E-mail simply brings into sharp relief how devastating regular interrupts are to your greatest asset: your thinking. Remove and reduce your distracters.“ Plan in Reverse Laura […]
5 Minute Daily Check In Rosa argues that giving one employee 5 minutes of attention each day is a vital habit for managers. “Very briefly, the D5M is a simple habit. Each day, without fail, managers are to give five minutes of no-agenda time to at least one […]
Collaboration in Teaching Kim is thinking about the possibilities of collaboration in teaching, and offers a graphic to summarize her thoughts. “I still couldn’t think of different terms to define the continuum, although I don’t like the fact that “dependence” could have a negative connotation even though “full […]
Time to Think Mark reminds us of the need to think deeply, and offers key strategies for making it happen: (1) make time for it, (2) use mind mapping software, (3) evaluate your ideas after brainstorming them, (5) add more thoughts over time, and more. “One of the […]
Collaboration the New Competitiveness? Adam considers the range of examples of growing collaboration around the world (governments, businesses, society) and sees three main drivers: (a) greater ability to collaborate, (b) greater need to collaborate given ‘wicked problems’, and (c) an essential need to collaborate. “Don’t get me wrong, […]
The Manager’s #1 Tool Rosa argues that every manager needs to have a “The Follow-up I Need to Complete” list, with three headings: “(1) What I must Do to Honor my Word, (2) Who I need to Follow-up with, and By When, and (3) Why it is so […]
Things Syncs Cultured Code announced that Things synchronizes with the iPod touch and iPhone. “Other improvements are a faster dialog for entering new to-dos, an app icon badge, and a customization of the automatic logging behavior. We have also added localizations for French, Spanish, and Japanese.“ Lessons from […]
Contents at a Glance – Where do the executives turn? – Quick Links Where Do The Executives Turn? Roberto writes that senior executives lack authorities on enterprise collaboration who can help them make strategic decisions. “But enterprise collaboration is being held back by some problematic issues. For one, […]
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