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One place for every thing
Datum: 2021-03-22 12:52
We need more than our computer, phone and papers to do our work. Other tools are important too, such as ...
Build your structure little by little
Datum: 2020-01-14 09:08
When we want to create structured work methods and ways, we need functional ...
Unusual things in convenient places
Datum: 2019-11-18 15:49
Placing unusual things in convenient places is a saviour. How? And, why? Well, ...
Finding something where it is not
Datum: 2019-02-19 08:05
When everything just flows in our work, we have access to what we need to complete our tasks at the exact moment we need it. We look for a ...
How to avoid being in a hurry, feeling scattered and being interrupted
Datum: 2019-02-17 21:38
In this first in a series of videos for 3minTalk.com, I share five ideas about ...
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 ...
Kill your (former) darlings
Datum: 2018-03-21 20:23
When we improve our structure, we create new things. We begin using ...
Silence! Action!
Datum: 2017-06-20 19:45
Let’s say you know something a colleague does not, and you want to teach the colleague how it is done. It does not have to be some complicated expert knowledge, but can ...
Clean up a mess when you stumble upon it anyway
Datum: 2017-06-20 19:43
Our storage spaces and the amount of materials we save there can get out of hand so easily. Suddenly there is more of everything everywhere ...
Save it for now without it becoming forever
Datum: 2017-06-20 19:41
When I a few weeks ago wrote about cleaning up amongst files when we are ”visiting” a folder anyway in one of these newsletters, and asked for readers’ suggestions of how to ...
Five ways to sort things
Datum: 2017-06-20 18:10
A central aspect to structure, and perhaps what people associate the word ”structure” with the most, is ...
What is waiting to be ”sent out” is often forgotten
Datum: 2017-06-20 18:08
During a conversation with a client who was in the tricky situation of having to distribute important knowledge and information to ...
Design your own ”found something interesting online”-process
Datum: 2017-05-29 15:13
You are online and stumble upon something you want to get back to later. What do you do? ...
Could you get too much of the good stuff?
Datum: 2017-04-03 16:01
During an interview I gave the other day I was asked ”Isn’t there a risk that we structure things too much?”. I understand this concern, and I ...
Place the most recent to the left
Datum: 2017-03-13 14:25
A great thing about digital material is that you can do a search for it. Or rather, we can let the ...
Never again a forgotten PIN-code
Datum: 2016-09-28 12:00
If I recall it correctly it was when I gave a lecture at a Rotary-meeting a few years ago, that a man came up to me and excitedly said ...
Is an empty inbox equivalent of self-deception?
Datum: 2016-06-15 15:17
There is a lot of talk about having an empty inbox at the moment. And I also often speak about the wonderful feeling of having ...
Start by cleaning up
Datum: 2016-05-18 15:05
The one who strives to be efficient must have space to work in. If there is not enough space it will be difficult to spread out all our material to get a better overview. Some of us get another ...
Beware of ”temporarily”
Datum: 2016-04-27 15:04
It is when we place something somewhere ”temporarily” that ...