Archive for December, 2006

One Ends Another One Begins

Posted by Benjamin in Sunday, December 24th 2006   
Topics: productivity    
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It is that time of year, you know the one, where things come to an end and new things begin. It is a great time to reflect on longer [...]

Who’s on First?

Posted by Benjamin in Friday, December 8th 2006   
Topics: communication    
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For me, Who’s on First? by Abbott and Costello is a classic piece of script:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor4.shtml
In all the confusion, it is actually a good remembering that who, what, when and where are very good questions for working out what needs doing! When asked in the right way. Simple questions that bring the clarity needed to get [...]

Winning battles - starting with the inbox

Posted by Benjamin in Friday, December 8th 2006   
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I’m a great believer in systems and analysis. In fact I think the whole world is one big interconnected system… But that’s a story for another day. One of the systems that is the biggest challenge to working out what needs doing and doing it is the email inbox. In most companies the email inbox [...]