Don’t all this structuring just amount to more work? Do we really need a to-do-list? Is it really worth ...
Saying no to a colleague who asks for our help can be very difficult for many of us. It is easy to judge yourself and think that ...
I want to make things as easy for myself as I possibly can, all the time. Simplifying is definitely ...
Do you keep creating new ways of structuring all the time? Do you ...
Have you ever wanted or desired something so bad that it became a burden? It can be ...
A new year has just begun. Even if we live in a ...
Erika e-mailed me and gave me a tip about an episode of ...
You know how it is. You return to work after a few weeks of vacation and the inbox is virtually filled to the brim with unread e-mails. And as if that was not enough ...
Does someone who has a case management system really need a to-do-list? It is apparent what to do next by looking in the system, so there is no need for you to remember anything yourself. And what about those ...
I have noticed that having and using papers in your work, especially a lot of papers, is by some people regarded as being old-fashioned. Someone shamefully confesses ...
If you feel an acute need to improve on your structure, you might also feel that it is hard to know where to begin. Perhaps you want to ...
A common structure-pitfall is to get stuck in your e-mail. We have a to-do-list and perhaps we even transferred it into the latest app someone recommended to us, but when we arrive at work in the morning and ...
When you have so much papers and stuff surrounding you in your office (or on and by your desk if you are seated in an open office landscape) that you spend more time than you would prefer ...
In order to progress in a project or with a more extensive task, we make sure to always have a next step clearly defined. It might sound obvious. But do we always adhere to this simple rule? This is particularly useful ...
If you are an ”eager beaver” such as myself, then you do not like being ...
If you never ever handle physical papers in your work, you can stop reading this structure tip now. You can also consider yourself lucky to be ...
As most of you know, one way to easily get distracted at work is to do many things simultaneously or to switch tasks often. The phenomena is commonly referred to as ...
The more places we have to choose between when we have to find something, the more time we risk spending ...
When we are speaking of having ”too much going on right now”, we are most often actually referring to all the loose ends we still have to tie up. These are half-finished projects, half-done improvement initiatives and ideas we have not yet fully implemented or realized. We have the feeling of ...
When I held a course in structure in Trollhättan, Sweden, not too long ago, one of the participants shared a trick which I thought was quite ingenious, different and fun. I am therefore glad to pass it on and share it with you today ...
