Month: July, 2009
Say Hello To Version Three Of My Weekly Planner
Some time ago I created a weekly planner. I tried existing designs from the likes of DIY Planner and David Seah and I had experimented with all the different refills for my Filofax, but none of them were tailored to my individual needs. So I designed my own. The second version of it that I [...]
How To Perform A Successful Root Cause Analysis
This guest post was written by Sherri of Serene Journey. A couple of weeks ago James wrote an article about the importance of identifying the root cause of a problem and not just addressing the symptoms. Having done root cause analysis for companies on a number of issues, I’ve seen first hand the benefits of [...]
Productivity Tip #13: Small Steps Taken Regularly…
Regular readers of this blog will know how keen I am about the whole idea of breaking your work down into tiny chunks of activity (or next actions if you’re a GTD fan). I do it so often in fact that any little project I have I will look at how it can be broken [...]
Ask The Readers: What Is A Good Life?
As I mentioned on Monday, I’m currently reading a book called Do Good Lives Have To Cost The Earth? which discusses what living well actually means (basically, not the consumerist pursuit of material things that we’re used to) and how we do not have to damage the planet in order to achieve it. It’s well [...]