As many of you know, David is an enthusiastic fan of Lotus Notes with eProductivity. Here’s a 4 minute video of the transformation of an executive David coached who implemented GTD along with eProductivity (and the amazing ripple effect that also had on his direct reports.)
Two of our Senior Coaches, Leslie Harradine and Kelly Forrister, are doing another one-hour Webinar on Digging Out From Backlog. It was such a popular Webinar the first time around (watch the archive on GTD Connect,) that it’s being offered again with more in-depth tips, tricks and strategies. Seems like backlog is a common challenge for many GTDers (and you thought it was just you??).
When: Thursday, September 16 @ 10am Pacific Time
How to register: It’s free for all GTD Connect members. If you are a current member,register for the Webinar on the home page of GTD Connect. If you’re not a member, but would like to attend this event, …more
Q: How did you organize your tasks? Am I suppose to have a main Projects category and corresponding action tasks categorized @home, @work, etc?
David Allen: Yes, my Next Action lists are To-Do categories in Lotus Notes. “Projects” is a category, just like the Action lists of “Calls” “At Computer” etc. They are simply flat lists, tied together with your review of the whole system.
A little Twitter humor for your holiday weekend!
Reposted here with permission from the talented cartoonist Rob Cottingham. Thanks Rob!
A Community Contribution from Erik Hanberg
Here’s how I deal with email and keep from getting too overloaded:
Getting Things Done is the 5th most highlighted book by Kindle users. Read what they are finding interesting.
Google announced Priority Inbox today and the emails started flooding in asking, “Isn’t this anti-GTD?”
Google says that Priority Inbox “automatically identifies your important email and separates it out from everything else, so you can focus on what really matters.”
So, what does David Allen say about this kind of tool and the questions about something that sorts your inbox being “anti-GTD?”
Having email sorting/filtering would be anti-GTD if you use it to avoid decision-making, but not if it’s just for evaluating what kind of attention to put on something. Using colors for certain people’s emails in Lotus Notes (as I do) would also be “anti-GTD” if you never dealt with the non-colored ones. We’re not officially endorsing or recommending this. Just saying it’s something that you can make work. – David Allen
Q: How did you get involved in GTD and workflow coaching, and what motivates you to continue?
David Allen: When I started out doing management consulting, I was interested in thinking/processing models that worked universally to provide value and improve conditions for people and organizations. That, combined with my own awareness of the strategic and psychological value of clear space had me quickly develop a way to research and apply a set of best practices that invariably worked for the executives and entrepreneurs I worked with. I’m continually motivated to keep doing this work, because it never stops being quite transformational for anyone who applies the principles, and there are few things I’ve ever come across that provide as much reward for so little risk.
