After a number of blog posts on the US elections, which I found too interesting not to observe and write about, I'm back to "touching the keyboard", as Kourosh himself referred to it. I'm back to writing my thoughts about his excellent course "Zen and the Art of Work". This is the fifth part of … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – review part 5 – “Preparing time”
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Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 2
This is part 2 of a multi part review of Kourosh Dini's new video product What is this chapter all about? This second video chapter, the first real chapter after the introduction, goes deep on how to make considered choices about what you will be doing next. In short, this chapter explain how to best … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 2
Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 1
The review This is the first article in what will be an extensive review of Kourosh Dini's "Zen & the Art of Work". The idea is to go through the impressive product that Kourosh created and explain how it is relevant to me. Of course, your mileage may vary. Video 01 - Introduction The entire … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 1
“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
Workpapers.com quadruple review, part I – The one week review
The short of itAt BTC, we recently selected workpapers.com as our web-based electronic workpaper solution. I will be writing about our experiences with this tool in four separate blog posts, over a period of about a year. This is the first one, about our the first week using workpaper.com. The solution is a promising one, … Continue reading Workpapers.com quadruple review, part I – The one week review
Exploring The Black Box 