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.
When your workday consists of meetings back to back, the tasks you manage to get done in between might only be the ...
How we structure our lives and workdays is a constant process that requires continuous refinement. If you ever were to ...
People talk about impulse control, that is, the ability to remain focused on doing something even if you get an impulse to do something else. My good friend and fellow speaker ...
Have you ever put up a sticky note where you see it in order to not miss something, but end up seeing it so much that you after a while do not see it (and still miss the thing that was written on the note)?
This is similar to ...
Arriving at a meeting out of breath and painfully aware that you have not had the time to read the material you were supposed to have gone through previous to the meeting, isn’t that great ...
Some people tend to mark an email as unread after they have read it a first time, since ...
Do you know the principle "Sift out at the source"?
I first heard of that when I gave a talk at the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm.
It can be useful for you who often get too much to do.
How? Well, let me tell you!
When you finally have time to do that thing that you have postponed a while longer than you wish, it is understandable that ...
Sometimes at work, you need to say no. It can be hard - at least in the moment. Here is a tool that makes it a lot easier.
In Done! No. 528, I share a way for you to make sure that you spend your time at work wisely:
This Tuesday, I visited Cargotec's, the multinational crane and truck manufacturer, wellbeing week to share a handful practical tips on structure that help us keep healthy and ...
"Doesn't structure stop creativity?"
I get asked that sometimes.
Last week's filming with
Sometimes, we regret having accepted to do something a long time ago that we now, when the time is here, definitely would not ...
We all need to declutter our workspace from time to time. But, did you know that ...
If you take meeting notes in OneNote it would be great if the next steps you agree on during the meeting could end up as...
Even the best to-do list app might not support exactly the "thought model" you use for your structure. For instance, what if ...
Right now, I am thinking of how to handle the time we need to get to meetings elsewhere - travel time, that is.
And, ...
Last week, I gave a talk to the department for Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE) at Chalmers University of Technology, as part of the start up meeting of ...
Knowing that you should get enough sleep is one thing. Actually going to bed when you ought to is ...
Welcome to the autumn season and a new edition of Done! - the 523:rd, about mistakes and why it might be wise to collect them.
