All tagged GTD
Project management and knowledge management are about getting things done. I attended and spoke at the Center for Business Information (CBI) 6th Annual Forum on Knowledge Management this week in Philadelphia. Rather than talk about knowledge management directly, I opted to speak about managing projects - whether they are KM or other types.
I drew David Allen's logic in response in describing why people get overwhelmed at work (and elsewhere).
Patti Anklam covers about five years worth of research and writing in her extensive summary.
There's a potential conflict between Getting Things Done and Just Do It. Here are some thoughts on the topic.
Josh Nankivel has started blogging and picked up on the perennially-favorite topic of multi-tasking. He talks about the theory of constraints connection, and he also makes connection to Covey's 4 quadrants.
Dave Munger of Cognitive Daily writes High IQ: Not as good for you as you thought, in which he discusses research that looked at IQ and "self discipline" as predictors for academic performance. The surprise? Self-discipline was more highly correlated than was IQ.
Dave Pollard has derived "Nine reasons we don't do what we should do," and I suspect there is an even deeper reason: motivation.