Comments on: Five Productivity Ideas I’m Not Buying: My Take http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/08/29/five-productivity-ideas-i%e2%80%99m-not-buying-my-take/ One of the longest running and most respected productivity blogs on the net! Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:52:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/08/29/five-productivity-ideas-i%e2%80%99m-not-buying-my-take/comment-page-1/#comment-15465 James Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:16:36 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/08/29/five-productivity-ideas-i%e2%80%99m-not-buying-my-take/#comment-15465 Thanks for the comments. Rosemary, I agree that it is better to identify your true self and communicate that. It's just a pity that big businesses have a preconceived notion of what personalities their staff should display. Some people are happy to do that. Me, I'd have to get paid a lot of money before I felt comfortable putting on a fake persona. Dustin, you make a good point and I agree with you. I'd be curious to know how many people out there get stuck into their productivity habit so much that they have difficulties adapting to change. While I am nowadays comfortable with dealing with most things in a productive way (working out next actions, breaking projects down, etc.) I still have such a variety of stuff coming my way that I still have to think and analyze things. I suppose part of being productive is constantly analyzing your setup and looking for improvements so you are never set in your ways. Rue, you make interesting points about mind mapping. I'd be keen to hear from people who do use the method effectively because I personally cannot see how it makes people more productive, except maybe at the most basic planning level. Thanks for the comments.

Rosemary, I agree that it is better to identify your true self and communicate that. It’s just a pity that big businesses have a preconceived notion of what personalities their staff should display. Some people are happy to do that. Me, I’d have to get paid a lot of money before I felt comfortable putting on a fake persona.

Dustin, you make a good point and I agree with you. I’d be curious to know how many people out there get stuck into their productivity habit so much that they have difficulties adapting to change. While I am nowadays comfortable with dealing with most things in a productive way (working out next actions, breaking projects down, etc.) I still have such a variety of stuff coming my way that I still have to think and analyze things. I suppose part of being productive is constantly analyzing your setup and looking for improvements so you are never set in your ways.

Rue, you make interesting points about mind mapping. I’d be keen to hear from people who do use the method effectively because I personally cannot see how it makes people more productive, except maybe at the most basic planning level.

]]> By: Rue http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/08/29/five-productivity-ideas-i%e2%80%99m-not-buying-my-take/comment-page-1/#comment-15436 Rue Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:04:12 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/08/29/five-productivity-ideas-i%e2%80%99m-not-buying-my-take/#comment-15436 I agree with your comments on mindmapping. I've tried it, and my conclusion has been that I organize hierarchically and use my extra creative cycles to see the interrelations. Mindmapping doesn't help that process. In fact, I get too focused on the process of mindmapping while not getting any bump in understanding. It definitely works for some people, just not me. I agree with your comments on mindmapping. I’ve tried it, and my conclusion has been that I organize hierarchically and use my extra creative cycles to see the interrelations. Mindmapping doesn’t help that process. In fact, I get too focused on the process of mindmapping while not getting any bump in understanding. It definitely works for some people, just not me.

]]> By: Rosemary http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/08/29/five-productivity-ideas-i%e2%80%99m-not-buying-my-take/comment-page-1/#comment-15433 Rosemary Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:03:31 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/08/29/five-productivity-ideas-i%e2%80%99m-not-buying-my-take/#comment-15433 Regarding branding, I think it can be very helpful identifying who you are and then communicating that well. Not a false image, but the true self. Regarding branding, I think it can be very helpful identifying who you are and then communicating that well. Not a false image, but the true self.

]]> By: Dustin http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/08/29/five-productivity-ideas-i%e2%80%99m-not-buying-my-take/comment-page-1/#comment-15429 Dustin Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:31:40 +0000 http://www.organizeit.co.uk/2007/08/29/five-productivity-ideas-i%e2%80%99m-not-buying-my-take/#comment-15429 Thanks for a thoughtful response to that piece. I want to clarify a bit regarding habits. It's not that I think the productivity habit is totally wrong-headed. I have a great respect for building routines and work hard at it in my own life. My issue is that it's only half an answer, and nobody seems to be addressing in any systemic way how to build routines that remain open to innovation and new data. As you say, constant experimentation is a productivity-killer, yet that seems to be the only prescription for dealing with the mix of habit and the unexpected that is demanded of today's knowledge workers. Thanks again! Thanks for a thoughtful response to that piece. I want to clarify a bit regarding habits.

It’s not that I think the productivity habit is totally wrong-headed. I have a great respect for building routines and work hard at it in my own life. My issue is that it’s only half an answer, and nobody seems to be addressing in any systemic way how to build routines that remain open to innovation and new data. As you say, constant experimentation is a productivity-killer, yet that seems to be the only prescription for dealing with the mix of habit and the unexpected that is demanded of today’s knowledge workers.

Thanks again!

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