I recently blogged about using GTD in large organisations: it is an ongoing story. I have been working with an IT department and we have been using GTD as a way to ”cascade” the goals of the whole company all the way down to individual projects and next actions. The key insight is that even the most beautifully crafted strategy is just “stuff” for you until you have made [...]
When I was a child my school gave us road safety training by teaching us to repeat ”Look Right, Look Left, and if All’s Clear, Cross the Road”. They had to change that when they noticed that some children were standing on the edge of the road, reciting the “Look left, Look Right” mantra and then [...]
I have suddenly found myself involved with two completely independent GTD departmental roll-outs at the moment. Both of them are cases where a senior manager got big benefits from using the method on his own workflow and then naturally wanted to obtain the same effectiveness hike across his whole department. Sphere: Related Content
I was reading an article on Matt’s Idea Blog about the pitfalls of trying a “Big Bang” approach to learning GTD. I work in a large organisation here in the Netherlands and have never succeeded in getting someone to “go GTD” in one fell swoop. Dutch people are culturally often cautious pragmatists and most people [...]
My first contact with GTD was reading the “Two Minute Exercise” in a coaching document I found. I did it and felt instantly lighter and easier in my mind, rather like the things they promise you on late-night telelvision but at no charge. The file credited David Allen and Getting Things Done so I went [...]
This is my own story of learning, using and teaching the GTD method. GTD has been a lifesaver for me and like many other “saved” people I have a powerful missionary urge to share the goodness: partially because of the pure joy of being on top of things and partly because I get a thrill out [...]
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