The Implications of Remote Working for Agile Teams
Ed Lamont interviews Alex Gisdakis, CEO and Partner of Breitenstein Consulting, on the nature of ‘new work’, the implications of remote working for agile teams, and optimising mental wellbeing.
Get Therapy, or a Project List?
“I think I might need to go back into therapy.” Close to tears, my friend was clearly in a bad place. “I’ve been having huge problems at work, and I feel like something really bad is about to happen.” She’d called me out of the blue, close to the end of her tether....
GTD From the Top – Episode 2
Welcome back to GTD® from the Top, a blog series in which I’m distilling the core ideas from David Allen’s Getting Things Done® methodology into a blog-sized narrative. For those of you who are experienced GTDers, I’m hoping I’ll provide some insights and new ways of...
Fire and Forget (AKA ‘The BCC Trick’)
“The highest-performing people I know are those who have installed the best tricks in their lives.” – David Allen One of the characteristics of GTD® compared to other content in the productivity space is that it is decidedly not just a collection of time management...
How GTD® Has Helped Monzo’s CFO Through Career Transitions and the Covid World
We discuss how Getting Things Done® (GTD®) has helped Alwyn Jones, CFO of Monzo bank, navigate career transitions, adapt to new environments and cope with the COVID world. [music] 00:05 Todd Brown: Hello, everyone, and welcome to another Change Your Game with GTD...
Three Fastest Strategies to Reduce Overwhelm
Feeling overwhelmed, with too much to do and not enough time? Do you feel like you have too much information coming at you from all directions, and too much to think about? Here are the three fastest strategies to reduce overwhelm, with guidance on how you can manage...
GTD From the Top
It’s been a while since I did a written blog (most of my blogs these days are of the video variety), but I’ve got a big topic here and it doesn’t boil down into a five-minute film. What I’m going to try to do in this series is distill my knowledge and experience of...
Enigma Variations
Enigma: a person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand (see Weekly Review®) Variation: a different or distinct form or version of something First, I should mention that many people who tell me they can’t stick with a Weekly Review habit are also those...
Work Faster For Less Effort
When it comes to work, you can be as fast as you want to, because it’s all about efficiency. If you can reduce the friction in your working processes, you will inevitably work faster and with less effort, meaning that you’ll be more effective in what you...
A Comprehensive Approach to Enabling a Team with GTD
In the dream, the client has deep pockets. Deep conviction too. They are a long-term GTD® user who has leveraged their practice of GTD into a promotion, and wants their new team to get the same benefits they have personally experienced from using the approach: more...
Is Your GTD System Too Complex? (Video Podcast)
In this episode, we ask is your GTD® system overbuilt? How complex is too complex when it comes to creating your GTD system? We take a deep dive into the setup of your GTD system and how to streamline your lists, create practical and easily accessible indexes of your ‘stuff’, and reduce friction in your workflow.
Be Calm. Be Patient. Be Furious
I try to be furious every day. This might seem like an unexpected admission from a coach in the art of stress-free productivity but, don’t worry, Furious is a person rather than the description of a frothing meltdown. Jason ‘Furious’ Styles was a character played by...
Why Do You Want to be Productive? No, Really…
What motivates you to get things done – is ‘productivity’ connected to a greater sense of purpose or a deeper ‘why’? Here’s how you might want to approach the concept of productivity differently, to make progress towards those...
A Walk-Through the Natural Planning Model®
Tim Sismey takes us through a step-by-step guide to the GTD® Natural Planning Model®, designed for planning projects most effectively with the least effort – and the best chance of success.
Check Out Some Checklists
“We don’t like checklists. They can be painstaking. They’re not much fun. But I don’t think the issue here is mere laziness. There’s something deeper, more visceral going on when people walk away not only from saving lives but from making money. It somehow feels...
GTD for Couples (Video Podcast)
In this episode, we discuss how GTD® has a positive influence on relationships and the benefits it has for couples.
Is That Really Off Your Mind?
GTD® coach Robert Peake shares three common ways in which people often accumulate a lingering amount of stress by keeping things in their mind – even when they have the best of intentions to do otherwise. More importantly, he shares the keys to truly getting...
Three Common Misunderstandings of Self-Taught GTD Fans
Because David’s bestselling book is so comprehensive, people often can get a long way with self-teaching. However, in this video veteran GTD coach Robert Peake shares some of the common misunderstandings he has come across from those who try too hard to do...
Why You Should Be Celebrating Success
Are you allowing yourself to celebrate your success? Here’s an insight into how you might just be missing a trick when it comes to celebrating those small wins and appreciating successful outcomes in day-to-day life.
Why Are You Reading This?
Trusting your choices about how you spend your time and focus your limited resources is a key desired outcome of ‘Getting Things Done®’. If you can spend most of your days, weeks, months and years trusting your judgment that what you are doing is what you...
Down to Earth with a Thump
My GTD® origin story is evergreen. There was a point in my life when I had a technical, fairly transactional role that I was doing well in, and to prove that no good deed goes unpunished, I was promoted to manager. I was rubbish at it: woefully unprepared for the rash...
Turn Your Problems Into Projects
How to turn your problems into projects, be more successful, and achieve those long-term goals. In a world of change and challenges, here’s an insight into how GTD® can help you to get control of your world and take the right steps to move forward with progress....
