You open your inbox and two hours vanish to “Sounds good” and “Can you clarify?” replies. The work isn’t the problem. The workflow is. Email ping-pong thrives on fuzzy ownership, missing context, and vague next steps. The fix isn’t another tool. It’s designing emails that trigger actions, decisions, or calendar events with as little back-and-forth […]
You do not beat burnout with a week off in July, and maybe that week off for the December holiday? You can also beat it in 45 to 90 minutes, which you’ll actually take this Thursday. Burnout is a capacity problem, not a character flaw. The fix is practical: design small, repeatable “recovery blocks” into […]
‘Tis the season to be jolly, and that festive spirit doesn’t have to stop at the office door. With the holidays fast approaching, it’s time to deck the halls of your meeting rooms and navigate the tricky scheduling landscape amid the celebrations. Ho-Ho-Hold Your Meetings uncovers the secret to blending work and festive cheer, creating […]
As the festive season jingles its way into our busy lives, the challenge of efficiently managing meetings becomes ever more crucial. Enter the world of streamlined scheduling and productivity hacks! Here, we unwrap the gift of top-notch tips for conducting successful meetings, encompassing everything from preparing like a productivity elf, establishing agendas as clear as […]
You do not have a time problem. You have a calendar problem. If your roadmap keeps slipping, it is rarely because the team cannot code faster. It is because decisions, dependencies, and distractions aren’t visible in your week. The fix is mechanical and behavioral. Nail a few calendar rules, and you’ll feel the compound effect […]
You know the feeling. The quarter is ending, the inbox is loud, and your team is sprinting while you try to reset targets, budgets, and cadences calmly. You want a clean slate without blowing a week in spreadsheets. This playbook solves that. Below are pragmatic templates that I have seen busy teams use to reboot […]
You probably do not need more motivation. You need fewer leaks. In a week packed with investor updates, hiring calls, and customer escalations, founders rarely lose time in big chunks. It drips out through context switching, reactive comms, and decision debt. 1) Set a single daily “needle mover” and guard it with an if-then plan […]
You do not need a sprawling system to run a focused week. You need a few simple dashboards that surface what matters, hide what does not, and help you make one clean decision at a time. The payoff is clarity on Monday and control by Friday. I built versions of these in spreadsheets and in […]
Complex projects require complex management, including balancing budgets, meeting timelines, and pleasing stakeholders. It’s important to define expectations and take the time to align people and resources if you want a project to be successful (and not ruffle too many feathers along the way). In this article, we’ll look at how to take your community […]
Fridays have a vibe. Energy dips, inboxes clog, and stray decisions creep onto your calendar that should never make it to Monday. Here is a way out. Use three simple decision gates to protect focus and ship work without playing calendar Tetris. Decision gates are short, explicit criteria you run before you take a meeting, […]
