My struggles with contexts I don't know about you, but I have suffered through long years of struggle with contexts. I adore the idea that David Allen proposed in his work "Getting things done", but it took me a very long time to get them to work appropriately for me. I scoured the internet looking … Continue reading How my areas of responsibility contaminated my contexts
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Context reporting
Another link to an absolutely worthwhile article. Michael Lopp offers an excellent suggestion in the following article on context reporting. He suggests: "A context report documents the reason why (and to a lesser extent how) you’re completing these actions and I suspect this information is far more useful to everyone involved." I invite you to … Continue reading Context reporting
Risk and contextual limitations
The risk management context often lacks clear boundaries One of the challenges of risk management is that its context is for all practical purposes unlimited. Risk management is about dealing with all the potential risks an organization can be exposed to, covers the entire scope of activities of that organization and all activities deemed relevant … Continue reading Risk and contextual limitations
A question about reliable context triggering
There is a question that continues to haunt me ... how do I ensure that I "trigger" the correct behaviour when I am in a certain context? For my key contexts this is usually not an issue. My @work and @home contexts are properly geofenced and my iOS devices alert me through OmniFocus when I … Continue reading A question about reliable context triggering
Rethinking my GTD contexts in OmniFocus
The big idea I have been rethinking my contexts based on a blog post I recently read and cannot, for the life of me, find back. The basic idea is to have two lists. The list of things to do today and the list of things to do. Each day, you transfer items from the … Continue reading Rethinking my GTD contexts in OmniFocus
Working on a (creative) task versus working in a context (UPDATED)
For those not familiar with GTD, David Allen’s highly successful personal productivity approach, get this book (please note this is my affiliate link, you can of course log onto Amazon yourself), and read the first three chapters. It’s worth it, if only for the different way you’ll be looking at your work and your life. … Continue reading Working on a (creative) task versus working in a context (UPDATED)
Exploring The Black Box 