Bryan has been at the GTD game for years. He talks about his journey from early implementation to refinement over time. He also shows his tool of choice in generous detail. An avid practitioner of Getting Things Done, Bryan is also an Atlassian Certified Expert, SAFe Practice Consultant, and ITIL Strategist.
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Episode #326: Complete Projects Inventory
This webinar recording will assist you in developing a current, complete, accurate, and clear inventory of all your projects — the outcomes you are committed to finish within the next 12 months.
Episode #325: Your Projects – What to Know When
What do you need to know, and when, to stay on top of your projects from start to finish? This webinar examines how you define and list your projects, how you track what’s necessary for completion, and the rhythm for reviewing that assures you are in relaxed control.
Episode #324: Slice of GTD Life with Pascal Reischl
Pascal Reischl is a certified GTD trainer in Austria. He will tell you that he has always been interested in technology. Naturally our discussion about his journey with GTD involves plenty of tech talk. But especially when working with people who are new to GTD, he doesn’t push for feature-laden applications. Instead, he says “Start with what you are already using.” He also shares an inspiring story about how putting GTD fully into practice has helped him to be more present with his family, and in every aspect of his life.
Episode #323: Horizontal and Vertical Control
You need to control commitments, projects, and actions in two ways–horizontally and vertically. Horizontal control maintains coherence across all the activities in which you are involved. Vertical control, in contrast, manages thinking, development, and coordination of individual topics and projects. In this webinar recording, Ana Maria Gonzalez talks about the relationship between these two levels of control and how you can leverage them both for your productivity.
Episode #322: Long Lists
This is the recording of our Long Lists webinar. We had a lively discussion about how lists get to be long, how long they “should” be, what lists to review when, and how to narrow your focus on any given day.
Episode #321: GTD App Design
Creator of the second-best productivity tool for GTD, Eric Mack is grounded in GTD and knowledge management. David Allen and John Forrister recently talked with Eric about his five principles of productivity software design, in the hope that it might inspire future designers to incorporate some of these principles into their applications.
Episode #320: GTD Live – part 1
GTD Live is the audio version of David Allen’s complete two-day seminar that brings you the powerful principles of Getting Things Done, including the Mastering Workflow, Managing Projects & Priorities models. Recorded live, this will give you a great hands-on experience with the GTD® approach, at your own pace.
Episode #319: The Language of GTD
Noa and Idit of Skills Boutique share gems of wisdom in this interview. You will hear about how they started their company to address challenges in the future of work, and found that GTD has the tools to handle those challenges.
Episode #318: AI in your GTD Practice
Our discussion focused on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in your GTD practice. We talked about apps and how much intelligence they have, and how much of the thinking is still up to you. We also considered ways to give AI models more information so they can assist us better with various parts of the GTD implementation.
Episode #317: GTD Introduction and Overview
In this segment, David Allen and his team of coaches take a closer look at getting started with GTD.
Episode #316: Evolution of GTD software
David Allen, Eric Mack, and John Forrister continue their discussion about their software journey, from early years to their current use of the Microsoft 365 suite of tools.
Episode #315: GTD as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Our GTD master trainer in Brunei, Rhymin Mohamed, has a fascinating talk with psychologist Paul Englert, who is based in Singapore. They talk about GTD’s intersections with career counseling, psychology, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Episode #314: Weekly Review Best Practices
Are you among those who have not yet made the review a habit? Experience what David Allen calls the “critical success factor” with GTD, by going through a complete GTD Weekly Review. You’ll experience all 11 steps of the process, with helpful advice along the way.
Episode #313: David Allen and Skippy Mesirow
David talks with Skippy Mesirow, a GTD enthusiast who is passionate about making a difference in public service, by starting with “the human in the mirror.” You can hear Skippy’s podcast and find out more on his website.
Episode #312: David Allen talks with Marcus Baur
David talks with Marcus Baur about goals. Marcus describes his journey with finding ways to track goals, and visualize them to support their completion. He suggests two questions to ask about any goal: What’s the pain that’s relieved by completing this goal? Or, what’s the gain to be achieved?
Episode #311: Explore the Best Use of Your Calendar
In this webinar recording, we explore the best use of your calendar, and how your calendar relates to the three types of work that you do. If you are new to GTD, this will help you build a solid foundation to support your practice. If you are experienced, you can update your practice if changes are indicated.
The Curse of the Eternally Urgent
Ignoring next actions on secondarily important actions and projects because you are too busy and concerned with urgent things fosters continual crisis management.
Episode #310: Slice of GTD Life with Jung
In addition to describing her GTD journey and the tools she uses, Jung has much to share about knowledge work, and the allocation of resources–and how GTD practitioners can evolve with the times as valuable contributors. We start with the skill of knowing what to do, to the skill of organizing the data and resources. But the more seasoned we become, wisdom joins skill–in application. That is, we can allocate resources in a way that is functional and applicable.
Turns Out, GTD Is Child’s Play
Seeing kids light up as they gain control over their world made me wonder—what if every student had access to these skills? Imagine growing up with GTD as second nature.
