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.
Have you ever been the coordinator of a meeting where you had a difficult time keeping the participants on track and in line with the set agenda? What was intended to be a brief update suddenly ...
When it is time for time off, such as last summer’s vacation, most of us want to feel and be freer our ordinary lives normally lets us. It feels good to allow for thoughts to flow freely and do whatever comes to mind. It is a true privilege to be able to let go of work and everything that our ordinary lives consist of, but unfortunately not everyone can do this effortlessly as ...
I speak of the benefits of starting your day with en empty desk almost daily. And though it is a good start, it is easy to be misguided by ...
I am fully aware that not all people are as devoted to the concept of ”structure” as I am. Once in a while I meet people who ...
Are you in the habit of breaking your day-plan?
Do you tend to have an idea of what you want to do and complete during the day in the morning, which at lunch-time makes you feel slightly queasy with stress, and which ...
I have never encountered anyone who complains over receiving too few e-mails or someone who was unhappy due to e-mails being too short or too concrete.
And very few organizations or companies tell me the communication occurring through CC:-ing is at a reasonable level.
And yet we still choose e-mails before ...
Since we who enjoy living a life where structure plays an active part want things to be done as smoothly as possible, we are interested in ways to use every situation we are in optimally and as efficiently as possible. There are ways to make this happen without making any extra effort ...
If you feel as if you have too much stuff, papers and things around you, and that you get so distracted by all the clutter as soon as you raise your eyes that you have difficulties concentrating on the task in front of you, I am sure you would like to have ...
Do you spend a great deal of your time at work by a computer? Does your work description include a great deal of e-mailing, phrasing and formulating things, typing things out and so on? Then you might want to consider learning the ultimate skill for drastically decreasing the time spent typing ...
Last Sunday’s lesson (and the last for now) in my ongoing course in structure in Sweden’s major morning paper Dagens Nyheter was about the fact that the key to excellent structure lies in the details.
In English, it
It’s one thing to decide to rid yourself of binders and papers that you no longer need, but a whole different matter entirely to determine what is good riddance and what is not.
What if we happen to throw away something we one day might need?
Sure, you could ...
Last Sunday’s lesson in my ongoing course in structure in Sweden’s major morning paper Dagens Nyheter was about how to create the perfect week.
In English, it translates as ...
There are a few themes are more recurring in the whole subject of structure than others. They are themes which seem to permeate the working methods of those who most successfully keep track of things and who by doing so have more time to do other things. One of these themes is ...
Last Sunday’s lesson in my ongoing course in structure in Sweden’s major morning paper Dagens Nyheter was about how to create the perfect week.
In English, it translates as follows: ...
Some things are best done in cooperation with others. That is why we need to have meetings. In order to meet, we need to find an appropriate time when everyone is available.
But ...
Last Sunday’s lesson in my ongoing course in structure in Sweden’s major morning paper Dagens Nyheter was about how to work undisturbed when we need to.
In English, it translates as ...
On a Monday in the beginning of March I had the intention to fly to a client and hold a one-day course in personal efficiency. But what was initially a two-hour flight turned into eight hours of traveling and I only made it half-way before I had to turn around and go back home with my mission unaccomplished. When things like these happen, it is easy to regard it as a lost day, but there are several things you can do to still make it into a productive day ...
Last Sunday’s lesson in my ongoing course in structure in Sweden’s major morning paper Dagens Nyheter was about what we can do to prioritize in a more systematic way.
In English, it translates as ...
In most people’s work, the intensity and workload varies. Sometimes there is less to do, and sometimes the tempo accelerates to an almost unbearable level where we can barely keep up. When there is a lot going on around us, it may be tempting to compromise in terms of our structured work-methods and just let everything ...
Last Sunday’s lesson in my ongoing course in structure in Sweden’s major morning paper Dagens Nyheter was about ...
