Beyond knowledge management to better management
On most days, my To Do List seems longer than the Nile River. It contains everything from the quotidien (remember the milk!) to the critical -- tasks that trigger serious consequences. On days when it seems like I add two tasks for every one I complete, it can be tempting to focus on the noisiest... Continue Reading →
"I can resist everything but temptation," Oscar Wilde once said. Nowadays, if you look around most offices, you'll discover lots of folks who appear to agree with Oscar Wilde. They spend time during regular business hours on Facebook, checking personal email, indulging in online shopping, or just surfing the web. In fact, it can seem... Continue Reading →
Each of us is given 24 hours in a day, but some of us manage to accomplish a great deal more than others. How? This is the key question behind a recent series of conversations between Bob Pozen and Justin Fox, the editorial director of the Harvard Business Review Group. For those of you who... Continue Reading →
Optimal productivity is something we may strive for, but too few of us attain. Consequently, many feel buried alive under the weight of an unruly, constantly growing To Do list. The technovores among us may attempt to alleviate the pain by using the latest software that claims to be able to organize your life. And... Continue Reading →
Whether we're compelled by an urge for productivity or a chronic lack of time, many of us spend our days multitasking. Even though there are serious questions about the true efficacy of multitasking, many feel that we simply have no choice. While some say this is just the new reality in today's world, others point... Continue Reading →
Be honest. Are you cautious because you really are trying to reach the right decision OR because you're trying to avoid responsibility? After my last post, True Productivity, Rees Morrison and I got into an interesting offline chat about whether the "Just do it" camp was wise to throw caution to the wind in order... Continue Reading →
How productive are you? Really??? A recent post by Rees Morrison on the subject of productivity caught my eye. In it he described the "five-or-10-minute rule," which recommends that you wait five or 10 minutes between the time you write an e-mail message and the time you send it. The theory is that this... Continue Reading →
Today we'll hear over and over again about the "importance of the first 100 days." And, we'll hear a range of judgments pronounced on the performance of the Obama administration. Given the usual hype-to-bust news cycle, most of it can be ignored -- and I certainly won't add to it. However, it is worth noting... Continue Reading →
As New York City slowed down this week in anticipation of the Passover and Easter holidays, I was speeding up in an attempt to "get everything done" before the holidays. Since I'm congenitally unable to leave things well enough alone, I found myself asking "What is it that am I racing around to get done?"... Continue Reading →
In Tom Davenport's terrific post, Microdecisions for Macro Impact, he reminds us that fortunes can be won and lost in the little decisions we make every day. As he astutely notes, What many companies don't realize is that microdecisions — small decisions made many times by many workers at the customer interface — can have... Continue Reading →
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