Posts Tagged ‘time management’
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
“Schedule and forget”
Imagine you would like to discuss an important matter with a specific colleague. You walk into her room only to discover that she is not in. You pick up your mobile phone, search for the phone number and call her. However, she rejects the phone call. You waste precious time walking to her room, your matter is not discussed and possibly you are annoyed by the fact that your colleague did not react. On the other hand your colleague is, due to your call, interrupted from her current activity. (more…)
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Tags: in touch, interruption, time management, tools, working across boundaries
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
A growing number of knowledge workers is confronted with the consequences of information overload on a daily basis. In the METIS knowledge management project we performed a pilot study at the petrochemical multinational Basell (now LyondellBasell), where we investigated the causes of information overload and evaluated instruments to reduce the impact of information overload. A leaflet summarizing the study can be downloaded here (English), and a presentation with highlights of the study can be downloaded here (English) or here (Dutch).
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Tags: email, email overload, information overload, personal information management, productivity, time management
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
A lot of work comes in via your inbox each and every day. In this booklet, we discuss a number of features in MS Outlook 2003 that you can use to deal with this continuous flow of work more efficiently. As a stepping stone, we use a working method that is often taught in time management and personal efficiency courses for dealing with e-mail. (more…)
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Tags: email, email overload, information overload, lifehacking, personal information management, strategy, task management, time management, tools, ways of working
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
What it is: a more efficient day schedule, by grouping fragments of related work (detached actions) into larger, contiguous chunks.
How it works: a wizard analyzes your to do list (for actionable items) and your and your coworker’s agendas (for schedules and availability) to come up with an optimized schedule that requires fewer context switches.
For instance, it will group all activities that I need to do for the same project or with the same person(s) and plan these in one contiguous time slot.
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Tags: always connected, fragmentation, in flow, personal information management, productivity, task management, time management, work life balance
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
A mental shift towards slowing down life’s pace.
SlowLife helps you to escape the hectic of modern times, by explicitly creating moments to reflect, to put things into perspective, or just to enjoy. Examples are: going to your work on foot, taking the time for a good and healthy breakfast with your family, taking an afternoon off just to do ‘nothing’. (more…)
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Tags: in flow, time management, ways of working, work life balance
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Email is frequently used to assign work to others; it has become a “poor men’s workflow system”. Senders often expect a (nearly) immediate response, whereas recipients may think very differently – but are often silent – about that. A simple “No!”-button (“No!” for “I cannot do this”) can lower the threshold for the recipient to give a prompt reply and thus avoid unnecessary confusion for the sender (did she get my message?).
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Tags: communication, email overload, information overload, interruption, personal information management, productivity, task management, time management, tools, ways of working, work life balance
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Digital nomads tend to have long working days. They are expected to be available during evenings and weekends, but also feel obliged to work during traditional working hours. So in the new world of work, work-life balance is not just fading – it’s shifting. And with less time to unwind, mental stress accumulates. (more…)
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