Back to basics with David Allen

Back to basics with David Allen

We’re deep into the season of office parties, mulled wine and mince pies here in London, and as the nights continue to draw in I find myself in a reflective mood. Around this time of year, I like to remind myself of the core ideas behind GTD®, by way of reaffirming my...
GTD and Creativity with David Allen (Podcast)

GTD and Creativity with David Allen (Podcast)

In this podcast, Todd Brown and Robert Peake are joined by GTD creator David Allen to discuss how the methodology can unleash creativity–even if you don’t identify as a “creative person”. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the...
Interview with Rebecca Stevens, business psychologist

Interview with Rebecca Stevens, business psychologist

Rebecca Stevens is a Manchester-based psychologist. She is registered as a Practitioner Occupational Psychologist with the Health Professions Council and an Associate Fellow & Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational...
GTD for Teams, Part II (Podcast)

GTD for Teams, Part II (Podcast)

In part two of this two-part series, Todd and Robert delve deeper into the practical aspects of supporting teams with GTD best practices. Click to play this episode Click here for Part I Subscribe to the Podcast
FOMO, YOLO, and GTD

FOMO, YOLO, and GTD

Being often in a hurry, millennials love to abbreviate. One of my favourites is “tl;dr” (too long; didn’t read). In case you’re a millennial reading this now, here’s the “tl;dr” version of this article: if you’re afraid...
Show me the money

Show me the money

The occasional thud you may have been hearing in the neighbourhood lately isn’t the sound of huge falling conkers but the sound of credit card statements hitting people’s mats. Yes – all that holiday fun coming home to roost. The flights, the hotel and that...
GTD for Teams, Part II (Podcast)

GTD for Teams, Part I (Podcast)

In this episode, Todd and Robert talk about how GTD can dramatically improve organisational and team effectiveness. Click to play this episode Click here for Part II Subscribe to the Podcast
The wistful lumberjack is back

The wistful lumberjack is back

Not everything in life – or even in GTD – can be illustrated using wood chopping as a metaphor, but it does seem to offer some helpful parallels. I noted some of them a few years back in a previous blog, but this year I noticed a few other lessons that translate well...
GTD for Teams, Part II (Podcast)

Sustaining GTD (Podcast)

Todd and Robert discuss strategies for sustaining a GTD practice over the long term. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the Podcast
Heart surgery

Heart surgery

Gundula Welti is a certified GTD® Trainer and has 21 years of experience in both buying and sales roles within a large international corporation. She is highly specialised in sales and negotiations and uses GTD in all aspects of her life. She says that GTD helped her...
GTD for Teams, Part II (Podcast)

The Higher Horizons of GTD (Podcast)

In this episode Todd and Robert discuss the higher horizons of GTD, which can help create a sense of direction, purpose, and higher perspective. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the Podcast
What computers know about GTD

What computers know about GTD

Artificial intelligence has made impressive gains in our time. That said, I am still more excited by the possibilities of the human mind. In particular, I am interested in how our vast collective investment in thinking about how to train computers to adapt and solve...
In praise of amnesia

In praise of amnesia

Someone once explained to me how to think about computer backups. She said “every night when you turn off your computer, just think what would happen with your data if the hard disk died and the computer simply wouldn’t start up again the next day”. Once you start to...
Deadline + decision = ideas + inspiration

Deadline + decision = ideas + inspiration

Occasionally, readers with writing aspirations of their own will ask something like, “How do you manage to produce those blogs every month?”. Mostly I’m kind and offer a one line response. Occasionally, if I’m feeling mean and/or expansive, I’ll check first that they...
GTD for Teams, Part II (Podcast)

Engaging with Confidence (Podcast)

In this episode, Todd and Robert talk about the final, critical phase of mastering workflow–choosing how to effectively engage, or simply “do”. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the Podcast
From screenspace to headspace

From screenspace to headspace

“Have you heard a word that I’ve said? It’s like your body is here, but you’re not.” Mike had been caught bang to rights with his mind elsewhere on date night at his favourite restaurant. Fortunately, the lady eyeballing him over the bread rolls was his wife so,...
Citizen Kane and productivity

Citizen Kane and productivity

Orson Welles was an astonishing talent. Famously brilliant, he produced, co-wrote, directed and acted the lead role in Citizen Kane, a film that won an academy award and has consistently topped the ‘all time best film’ lists in my lifetime. We can quibble about...
What are you hiding?

What are you hiding?

From the outside the restaurant looks promising, and you’re hungry. You get a table and the waiter brings the menu. You have a browse. A few things look OK, but you’re not really that up for anything on offer. With a sigh, you order something that looks acceptable but...
GTD for Teams, Part II (Podcast)

Reflecting Appropriately (Podcast)

In this episode, Todd and Robert talk about reflecting at the right horizons in the right rhythms–including that all-important habit: the weekly review. Click to play this episode Subscribe to the Podcast
Getting (back?) on the wagon with GTD

Getting (back?) on the wagon with GTD

“[Once you have learned GTD,] at least you have a wagon.”     -David Allen It all makes sense. You want to do it. And yet, you aren’t doing it. If this sounds familiar in relation to your GTD practice, know that you are not alone. The methodology is...
How to wave 2016 goodbye

How to wave 2016 goodbye

Well, we’re almost at the end of a year. I type that with a bit of a sigh. And yes, I know that many of you will be very glad to wave 2016 goodbye, and your plans to do that might well include some combination of too many mince pies and too much mulled wine. But if...