Livescribe has just released an additional smartpen to the UK market with built in Wifi and a direct connection with Evernote. So they now provide 2 options for turning everything we write and hear into digital records. Given that I am an enthusiastic user for my own productivity and managing my [...]
I will be at the Learning Technologies Exhibition on 29th and 30th January in Olympia London. It is a great event combining 2 of my professional passions – Learning and, er – Technology. I have a few meetings lined up for both days already and if you want a 121 with [...]
What are you doing for lunch on Monday 12th November? How about 30 minutes of practical personal productivity tips and some best practice Microsoft Outlook usage right at your desk before you venture out for food? See the booking form below ...... I'm running a free, 30 minute online Executive Briefing at 12:00 on [...]
‘Hell is the daily tsunami of CC emails that I have to manage! Is there a way to automate a response so I don’t have to take any action when I’m triaging them?’ That was the cri de coeur from one of the people on [...]
You are juggling operational work with projects, strategy and ambitions every day. You are doing this in your professional work life and your personal life. That’s 6 dimensions of time management before you even get to differentiating between the competing priorities within each dimension and the inevitable email torrent that [...]
The economy may or may not recover this year. The Drachma may or may not maintain parity with the Deutschmark. The USA may or may not say ‘Yes’ to Obama. One thing is certain though: Our personal, commercial and future prospects this year will be influenced more by what goes [...]
I have said it many times before – and in the light of current news from various organisations, including Atos , who has already reduced the number of internal emails by 20 percent in six months, as well as recent experiences direct from some of my clients – it needs to be said again. [...]
I’m guessing that you work in a world where much of the information you create, collaborate on and consume is digital, so do I. And that’s the problem! I’m also guessing that you work with real people and your business might even be shifting physical product. And, out there, with [...]
Today a client, who I count as a professional friend and generous advocate for my work, got in touch. He works at Associate Director level in a £150Million revenue specialist consultancy. He knows a thing or two about profit delivery within a multi-disciplinary business working very closely with clients and [...]
Clearly this is not about a menu dilemma. It is, however, about dilemmas and difficulties, especially as we get more busy and pressure mounts. It seems, from many conversations recently that a lot of people are looking to tame their procrastination behaviour for 2011 …. and are looking to me to [...]
