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 you’re trying to formulate something and it’s slow going, what do you do to get unstuck?
This week’s episode of Done! is about the versatile author Neil Gaiman’s trick for ...
We all make mistakes when it comes to our daily structure. Myself included, from time to time, believe me. The mistakes we make ...
If you have to decide every day which tasks to focus on to reach your goals, your direction can easily become arbitrary and unsteady.
But if you ...
Sometimes there are just too many meetings. Sure, meetings are a necessary and practical way to ...
A while ago, I addressed the issue of remembering to read, respond to, or in some other way acknowledge messages you ...
I am guessing you still attend lots of digital meetings. You want them to run as smoothly as they possibly can and with ...
In spite of all our best efforts to keep our workload on a reasonable level, we occasionally become ...
That thing you talked about during the coffee break that was work-related and really good—has everyone heard it?
This week’s episode of Done! is about a trick to ...
Naming files and documents in a good way is quite an art. Perhaps you have heard me compare naming documents to magnetic poetry, where you ...
“When did we decide that?”, one of your colleagues from the highly prioritized project asks in the middle of the intense workshop you are having. “I was working on ...
“Storing” and “doing” are not the same thing. Things that need to be done have a definite ending - when you have done them. Once you have done whatever it is, you can ...
Sometimes there is just not enough time. You have a deadline fast approaching, but what you need to do takes longer than you had anticipated - much longer. You ...
There’s so much that needs to be done, but who ...
Even if we work digitally most of the time we sometimes need to print things. It can be something that needs to be ...
One of the participants in my Swedish online course called “Keep track of everything you have to do with Microsoft To-Do” asked me if he ...
Do you allow emails to remain in the inbox until you have done everything you needed to do as a consequence of receiving it? If you do, this means ...
How will you find time for other important things when customers constantly call and email? Your idea of what you’ll get done during the day falls apart repeatedly!
This week’s episode of Done! is about a blunt trick for those of you whose customers seem to control your time.
We all end up in situations at work when we have to say no. If it feels uncomfortable to say no to your colleagues, you will ...
Let’s say your new employee needs to learn "how things are done here." Over the years, you have developed smooth routines and processes, but how do you..
Many people describe their everyday lives at work as a constant struggle for their time and ...
