As the demands of the workplace keep rising, many people respond by putting in ever longer hours, which inevitably leads to burnout that costs both the organization and the employee. Meanwhile, people take for granted what fuels their capacity to work—their energy. Increasing that capacity is the best way to get more done faster and better. Time is a finite resource, but energy is different. It has four wellsprings—the body, emotions, mind, and spirit—and in each, it can be systematical...| Harvard Business Review
Email has become the bane of the 21 st century workers’ existence, but by making a few changes to how we process e-mail, we can take back time in our workday. For starters, move every email out of your inbox the first time you read it, so you don’t run the risk of re-reading it later, thus wasting time. Turn off distracting notifications and instead check your email hourly, setting aside 5 to 8 minutes per hour to do so. Instead of filing e-mails you want to keep in multiple folders, use ...| Harvard Business Review
Most of the major LLM chatbot vendors are now offering a tool called deep research. These tools basically just scour the web given a question, and return a report. For academics conducting literatu…| Andrew Wheeler
Have recently participated in several projects that I think went well at the day gig – these were big projects, multiple parties, and we came together and got to deployment on a shortened timeline.…| Andrew Wheeler
Productivity is key to success in any field. Boost efficiency by creating a productivity stack, a mix of tools, apps, and techniques to streamline work and maximize output. Finding the right stack for you can help you save time, stay organized, and ultimately reach your goals.| Luca Pallotta
From the early days of mechanical automatons to more recent conversational bots, scientists and engineers have dreamed of a future where AI systems can work and act intelligently and independently. Recent advances in agentic AI bring that autonomous future a step closer to reality. With their supercharged reasoning and execution capabilities, agentic AI systems promise to transform many aspects of human-machine collaboration. The agentic AI prize could be great, with the promise of greater pr...| Harvard Business Review
For years I used Evernote to store my notes and Trello to track my actions. For the past 2 years, I have been using Obsidian for both. This post summarises how and why I am using Obsidian. Credits again go to Henry Franks for putting me on to this! Why I like Obsidian Obsidian is […]| Alan Wright
So my book, Data Science for Crime Analysis with Python, is finally out for purchase on my Crime De-Coder website. Folks anywhere in the world can purchase a paperback or epub copy of the book. You…| Andrew Wheeler
Personal vision, regular reviews and habits - how I try to keep myself organised and focused. Some of the personal productivity techniques that work best for me| Alan Wright
Make Time is one of the best books I have read in the past decade! This post covers how this book has helped me focus on what matters| Alan Wright
Rituals are intentional small, tangible acts done routinely and carry meaning. Our family has several New Year’s rituals, including a nature hike. Unfortunately, the atmospheric river dumping a lot of much needed rain prevented us from enjoying a hike. Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our […] The post New Years Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals: 2023 first appeared on Beth Kanter.| Beth Kanter
Don’t let poor lunch decisions derail your day.| Harvard Business Review
Many executives feel overwhelmed by meetings, and no wonder: On average, they spend nearly 23 hours a week in them, up from less than 10 hours in the 1960s. What’s more, the meetings are often poorly timed, badly run, or both. We can all joke about how painful they are, say the authors, but that pain has real consequences for teams and organizations. Every minute spent in a wasteful meeting eats into solo work that’s essential for creativity and efficiency. Chopped-up schedules interrupt ...| Harvard Business Review
People who take 11 or more vacation days are 30% more likely to receive a raise.| Harvard Business Review
Despite a decade or more of restructuring and downsizing, many U.S. companies are still unprepared to operate in the 1990s. In a time of rapidly changing technologies and ever-shorter product life cycles, product development often proceeds at a glacial pace. In an age of the customer, order fulfillment has high error rates and customer inquiries […]| Harvard Business Review
The study: Nicholas Bloom and graduate student James Liang, who is also a cofounder of the Chinese travel website Ctrip, gave the staff at Ctrip’s call center the opportunity to volunteer to work from home for nine months. Half the volunteers were allowed to telecommute; the rest remained in the office as a control group. […]| Harvard Business Review
Email has become the bane of the 21 st century workers’ existence, but by making a few changes to how we process e-mail, we can take back time in our workday. For starters, move every email out of your inbox the first time you read it, so you don’t run the risk of re-reading it later, thus wasting time. Turn off distracting notifications and instead check your email hourly, setting aside 5 to 8 minutes per hour to do so. Instead of filing e-mails you want to keep in multiple folders, use ...| Harvard Business Review
