David Allen's Blog, page 89

GTD Times: Elevating our Game

During a recent marathon of Aaron Sorkin's great short-lived series "Sports Night" (a marathon that I started by watching both seasons on DVD, which further proves my self-starting skills) I came upon an episode entitled "Moving Day."  As the whip-smart Sorkinian dialogue washed over me throughout the rest of the marathon, it got me thinking about the meaning of the term on a variety of levels.  The deduction: every day can and should be a Moving Day.

In the context of the episode the goal was

Member Exclusive: Duplicating The Mindsweep

Connect member Dave asked:
When doing your Mindsweep, do you also note the items that you know that you have already captured in your already established trusted system? For example, I know that I have an action item calendered to "speak to Sandy tomorrow regarding about Jane, the volunteer, about...

Member Exclusive: Maybe There Is Something To MindMapping

See this TED talk by Tom Wujec, a Fellow at Autodesk, the makers of design software for engineers, filmmakers, designers, about three ways the brain creates meaning.

Member Exclusive: New GTD Workflow Diagram

For those of you who have been eagerly awaiting the new GTD Workflow Diagram, we just made an announcement about it on our GTD Times blog:

http://www.gtdtimes.com/2009/07/27/new-gtd-workflow-diagram/

Bottom line: it's coming next month. As always, Connect members will get a discount.

GTD Times: New GTD Workflow Diagram

For years, the GTD Workflow diagram has been the ultimate "trail guide" for navigating through the collect>process>organize stages of GTD.  Over the past two years, David Allen has been working with the terrific design team at xplane to take his vision (his original sketch is pictured right) and expand it into a rich map that also now includes decision making, horizons of focus and more.

Some people got a sneak preview of it at the GTD Summit in March, and a few bootleg copies of it are floatin

Member Exclusive: Next Action Or Project For Delegated Thing

I am not sure how to process items that are next actions that may or may not become a project - esp if the next action is an agenda item for someone and based on the result it may become a project or not. For example:
I would like someone that reports to me (who NEEDS GTD but isn't getting it yet) ...

Member Exclusive: Weird Request - Capture On A Bicycle

One of my favorite things to do for relaxation and recreation is riding my bike. My mind tends to flow pretty freely when I am riding and it ends up being one of my most creative places. Since I have a lot of creative ideas, practicing GTD can be tough because I don't have a way to capture them.

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Member Exclusive: GTD-esque Workshop/basement/tool Sheds Out There? Pics Would Be Great

Member Exclusive: Some Cool Books...

I love to read and am often asked for some cool books I recommend - so here they are:

Getting Things Done - David Allen
Ready For Anything - David Allen
Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Coaching - James Flaherty
Chasing Daylight - Eugene O'Kelly
Enlightened Leadership - Ed Oakley, Doug Kr...

Member Exclusive: Weekly Review Motivation Tips

Anyone have any tips and tricks for weekly review motivation? What I mean is really really loving your weekly review? How do you love it?