My desktop hasn’t always looked this tidy but that was back in the day before my computer crashed and I lost all my documents because they weren’t saved into one of the drives on my computer. Now, the only files and folders that you will find on my desktop are documents that I am working [...]
Time Management: Choose 4 Filter Words Today
Time management, in a focused sense, for this creative brain has been a very big challenge. So she decided to climb out of her box and do things a little differently: A New Time Management Strategy: At the start of this year I decided that I needed to tackle my goals for the year in [...]
Understanding Email Volume: Company Communication Cultures
I recently wrote a post over at 99U documenting my experiment and subsequent decision to stop using email. It has generated a good discussion and I have particularly enjoyed the idea exchange that has happened around information management and overwhelm in the workplace. Since the article went live, we have received a number of calls [...]
Reduce Email Volume: 16 Quick Tips
Read this quickly and then start implementing: Have a weekly Key Performance Indicator Meeting where the team reviews key goals that they are working towards and commit to actions required for the week ahead. This will reduce the need to email work tasks back and forth. Ensure that every person in the company has a [...]
7 Reasons To Be On Social Media (If You Aren’t Already)
The Get Organised Team are strong networkers and we believe in social. More than that, we make social a part of our everyday business. It makes us very sad when we see that so many of the clients we work with are not yet part of this revolution because we know how incredible it can [...]
Organising The Creative: Managing The Flow Of Ideas
They just seem to come: no abating them, no stopping them. They can be like a current at times and a strong one at that. Most creatives surrender to the force of idea generation and at GO we work creatively with our creative clients to optimise this process. Below we discuss 3 ways to manage [...]
June – The Psychology of Procrastination
Wake up … it’s June. Okay so you have not done quite as much as you had planned for the first half of 2012 which has left you feeling a tad frustrated; perhaps you’ll find comfort in knowing that you are not alone. While wallowing in self-pity and denial might be what turns you on, [...]
NO! … email that is…
I will start with the end today: I claimed back on average 5 hours of every day. My productivity has increased from 42% to 76% (measured using Rescue Time) I no longer experience overwhelm as I did previously because I deal with one project at a time, every day. I am experiencing satisfaction in [...]
