David Allen – forfatter av boken Getting Things Done (GTD®) har skrevet en veldig bra artikkel i New York Times nylig.

Noen smakebiter:

“Do you feel more productive now than you did several years ago?” I doubt that the answer would be a resounding yes. In fact, even as workplace technology and processes steadily improve, many professionals feel less productive than ever.

The problem is that better overall productivity in an organization may not translate into increased productivity for an individual worker.

I have found that most professionals take action based on whatever is the latest and loudest in their universe, as opposed to a making a conscious, intelligent choice springing from the model I’ve described. This day-to-day, minute-to-minute arena of “reaction versus pro-action” is where the scales tip to “productive” or “unproductive.”

The challenge is how to participate productively in this new and turbulent world, and not be paralyzed by it.

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