by James Elliott | Jan 30, 2019 | Blog
One of the Greatest Challenges One of the greatest challenges to keeping an empty head is maintaining the drill of processing our interactions to closure. In the course of our day, we often generate much more value-added thinking and agreements with ourselves and...
by James Elliott | Jan 9, 2019 | Blog
GTD is learned behavior We are not born knowing how to deal with things that we need to think about. What we need to think about, and how we need to think about it, in the most effective way, are learned behaviors. Our brains evolved to respond, highly effectively, in...
by James Elliott | Sep 19, 2018 | Blog
Early in practice, we get tied up in our accountabilities they can sometimes be seen as the limit of our work. It is important to remember that it is the purpose that is what drives our Roles. It is the purpose that provides our authority in the Role and allows us to...
by James Elliott | Sep 10, 2018 | Blog
As the fervour and anticipation of a new planning cycle approach, the optimistic traditionalists among us are dutifully setting goals and strategies for the cycle ahead. An activity the realists abhor for fear of failure and a desire for rebellion. Regardless of...
by James Elliott | Sep 5, 2018 | Blog
Do any of these symptoms show up in your organization? Lots of meetings with lots of discussions to reach consensus on things E-mails fly around with lots of people cc’d, often for unclear reasons People check-in with everyone before making decisions, and expect...
