Welcome to The Structure Blog!

At Stiernholm Consulting, we strongly believe that good structure strengthens productivity. This applies to us as individuals as well as for our organizations. Here, David Stiernholm, Struktör, shares his concrete tips on how to visualize, simplify and get more time for what is important.

10 Feb

Here is another of my kits!

Datum: 2019-02-10 22:21

A few weeks ago, I showed you my favorite kit that I bring to my talks.

And, here is ...

03 Feb

A template calendar makes your week turn out how you want it

Datum: 2019-02-03 20:38

I have had a template calendar for years and it has ...

27 Nov

What is in my favorite kit that I bring to my talks

Datum: 2018-11-27 20:31

In a short video, I show you what is in my favorite kit that ...

27 Nov

Why I never board a plane among the first passengers

Datum: 2018-11-27 19:18

I have found a way to stay as productive as possible even as I am leaving on a jet plane. In this short video, I tell you how...

21 Oct

Structutorial #05: What to do about the constant inflow of things

Datum: 2018-10-21 18:00

Here is the fifth Structutorial, in which I answer Teresa, who asked me what to do about ...

04 Oct

An ostrich to make you focus

Datum: 2018-10-04 14:42

When I held an open full day seminar about structure at work in Stockholm recently, Anna Diop told me that ...

24 Sep

Structutorial #04: How to have time for other things than meetings

Datum: 2018-09-24 15:31

In the fourth Structutorial, Mark asks me how to have time for other things than meetings.

10 Sep

Four focus hacks for Klarna

Datum: 2018-09-10 20:57

Bank and payment service supplier Klarna asked me to share four focus hacks that ...

23 Aug

Structutorial #03: How to escape feeling overwhelmed when you have immensely large tasks to do

Datum: 2018-08-23 10:08

In the third structutorial, Lorraine asks me how to escape feeling overwhelmed when you have immensely large tasks to do.

14 Jun

That’s why you stop using the app you are testing

Datum: 2018-06-14 07:19

A common structure pitfall is that we try a new to-do-list tool for a while but then stop using it, whereupon we ...

31 May

Structutorial #02: How to keep track of what you have to do

Datum: 2018-05-31 18:46

In the second Structutorial, Anna asks me how to keep track of ...

24 May

New privacy policy

Datum: 2018-05-24 21:13

In compliance with the new EU GDPR rules, I have ...

02 May

A to-do-task is shorter than a workday

Datum: 2018-05-02 09:48

One of the most common misstakes regarding structure I encounter when meeting my clients is that ...

23 Apr

Read the structure book in Chinese

Datum: 2018-04-23 09:52

Last week, my book “Superstructured: How to overcome chaos and win back time” was published in Chinese, by the major ...

21 Mar

Kill your (former) darlings

Datum: 2018-03-21 20:23

When we improve our structure, we create new things. We begin using ...

14 Mar

How to quickly get back on track after being interrupted

Datum: 2018-03-14 16:40

The researchers Mark, Gonzalez and Harris at the University of California have conducted a study on how often we get interrupted ...

01 Mar

Will we stop thinking once we have automated?

Datum: 2018-03-01 13:36

Structuring how we work does entail a certain amount of standardizing, meaning we create ...

25 Feb

Super Structured wins gold

Datum: 2018-02-25 21:40

While vacationing on the shores of Swiss Lake Lucerne the week before last, I learned that my book Super Structured: How to overcome chaos and win back time has been awarded Gold Medal in ...

24 Jan

Decide what this year’s structure improvement will be

Datum: 2018-01-24 15:06

The new year is still fresh and more or less a blank page to fill. And even though your calendar might be filling up with appointments and engagements for the next year to come already, I am sure ...

19 Dec