Category Archives: Productivity

Personal productivity and motivation

Over the last couple of weeks I have had two discussions on productivity that struck home. recently. Firstly how for many people they only get things done when there is a negative outcome for not doing things, ie they lack motivation. For example self financial fines or performance rating by managers. But what happens toContinue reading “Personal productivity and motivation”

Satisfaction does equal higher returns

A fairly common statement heard these days in organisations is “high employee satisfaction translates to higher earnings”. Gautam Gosh pointed me to a recent paper by Alex Edmans, a Finance Professor at Wharton which compares; stock returns of companies with high employee satisfaction and compares them to various benchmarks — the broader market, peer firmsContinue reading “Satisfaction does equal higher returns”

Taking control of information overload

Something I have been struggling with for about 18 months is information overload, who hasn’t, especially with regard to email and RSS feeds and to a lesser extend podcasts. To date my method of coping has been to unsubscribe (I removed about 500 blog feeds) or ignore the stream of information (which I do withContinue reading “Taking control of information overload”

RIP – Marc Orchant

Earlier today I got told that Marc Orchant has passed away. Marc suffered a massive heart attack last week and never recovered. Personally I never met Marc but but I was lucky enough to hear him speak about productivity (GTD specifically) on several occasions. He was one of my Twitter friends and to my surpriseContinue reading “RIP – Marc Orchant”

Follow up on always on communication

Over the last 6 months I have written a few times about always on communication and the impact on workplaces, work life balance and productivity. Today is a follow up. By the end of next week I will have had the Palm Treo 750 for 2 months. Verdict? You take my Treo away I willContinue reading “Follow up on always on communication”

Calendar synchronisation

Long time readers will know I have been searching for the ultimate calendar synchronisation system to keep my Corporate calendar, sync’d with my mobile device (now Palm Treo 750), with my Google Calendars (multiple). This has become more important now as one of the Google Calendars is being used to coordinate who is looking afterContinue reading “Calendar synchronisation”

Always on connectivity and management

I wrote about hyperconnectivity a few days ago which is essentially a technology trend, but it is and will continue to have a profound impact on management both professional and personal. The basic issue is with everything always connected and communicating where does one draw the line? Let’s take the obvious examples, BlackBerry’s and personalContinue reading “Always on connectivity and management”