by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
…but what about my meeting notes? ~Every client during the paper-reduction process In a recent post, I discussed the evolution of office paper. Since I started my productivity consultancy in 2007, I have seen tremendous, and successful, efforts to reduce...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
What is your clutter? Email, paper, electronic files, to-dos? Clutter accumulates due to indecision. In this video, Dr. Melissa Gratias gives you three reasons why you should trust yourself to make good decisions. You can get past your clutter, no matter what it...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Excess paper files were once the bane of most offices. Today, the clutter is digital. In this video, Dr. Melissa Gratias reviews the evolution of office paper paradigms and offers solutions for those still weighed down by excess paper files. Don’t want to watch the...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Dear Outlook Tasks, We first met in the early 2000s. I came from a Lotus Notes world, and you were there to welcome me to civilization. You sat in the lower left-hand corner of my screen. You beckoned me with promises of productivity, but I ignored you. ...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Sometimes we think that being more productive requires big, overwhelming changes to how we work and live. Not true! In this video, Dr. Gratias gives you five small things you can do that may have a big impact on your productivity. Don’t want to watch the...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Some things that we do to improve our productivity are big things: use a task list rather than memory, say “No” appropriately, block calendar time, etc. Other productivity-improvement efforts are subtle. Understanding task transitions is one of those. But,...
