“Workflow” reviewed part V 1/2 – About good management

About the book review So I gathered you noticed I'm reading this book. It's called "Workflow: beyond productivity" and has been written by Kourosh Dini. Although what I have been doing with this book can barely be called reviewing. Rather, I have been picking some of these thoughts, these ideas, these concepts as presented in … Continue reading “Workflow” reviewed part V 1/2 – About good management

“Workflow” reviewed part V – Invest Space, Time & Attention

Kourosh Dini's work "Workflow" has been my trusted companion book for the past days and weeks. It is not a book one should read voraciously. Rather, I like to go in and taste a small, esquisite bite of the deep knowledge it holds. Today, I want to kick around some ideas about the following statement: … Continue reading “Workflow” reviewed part V – Invest Space, Time & Attention

“Workflow” reviewed part IV – Elegance marks organizational maturity

Preface - Poetry out of left field When I started reading Kourosh' chapter on aesthetics, about one sixth of the way into his epic work "Workflow: Beyond productivity", I was not convinced I would find anything relevant from an larger organization's point of view. After all, what is there in larger scale organizations that requires … Continue reading “Workflow” reviewed part IV – Elegance marks organizational maturity

“Workflow” reviewed part III – Invisibility & trusted returns

A quick aside: About my review As you may have noticed by now, I'm not really reviewing Kourosh Dini's most recent book "Workflow: Beyond Productivity" in a traditional manner. As a book, it appears to have an epic objective, which is to provide a deep background to our thinking about productivity and more. It tries … Continue reading “Workflow” reviewed part III – Invisibility & trusted returns

“Workflow” reviewed part II – Organizational decay

In his excellent new book "Workflow: Beyond Productivity", Kourosh Dini states the following: "Any aspect of organization, be it task, checklist, container, memorized concepts, or otherwise decays in time as it relates to an intention." If you think a bit about it, it is very true. Your organizational "tool" serves its purpose, after which it … Continue reading “Workflow” reviewed part II – Organizational decay

“Workflow” reviewed part I – Thresholds of organization

Introduction Going through my mailbox a couple of weeks ago, I was surprised (and very thrilled) to find an email from Kourosh Dini, the author of "Creating flow with OmniFocus", which is the unofficial reference book on how to set up your OmniFocus configuration and process. He thanked me for a reference to his book … Continue reading “Workflow” reviewed part I – Thresholds of organization