Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchInformation Overload Is Simpler Than You Think - DBR 080
Episode 80
Eradicating information overload. The goal of personal information management is to put processes and tools around our information so we can “manage” it – that means control it, tame it, have fewer…
Published on 3 days, 17 hours ago
Work-life Balance Is Nothing (... but an Attention Management Problem) - DBR 079
Episode 79
This episode is about the outcomes you can achieve with the information and coaching I am able to give. This is important, because it's gonna be work. It's not hard work but it is work. You'll need…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
Watch Out For The Three 'Micro' Wastes of Productivity - DBR 078
Episode 78
I want to describe calm productivity. And I want to contrast the results of attention management to the results of efforts to do time management. I’m going to take you over to a recording of a pub…
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Over-allocated Attention and the Associated Stress - DBR 077
Episode 77
Our attention is over-allocated by a nexus of events. This episode is what to do about that. I'm gonna acknowledge something that I'm not a big fan of. Apparently April is stress awareness month. S…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Yes! You CAN Be Happy At Work - DBR 076
Episode 76
The happiness at work episode. Yay. I’m happy to be at work. Last time we talked about pessimism versus optimism. A closely related subject is happiness versus misery. I do think that optimism is c…
Published on 1 month ago
Pessimism Cloaked as Realism Considered Harmful - DBR 075
Episode 75
This one's about optimism and pessimism, and what that has to do with productivity. I and the whole thing is a productivity concern for me. We talk about confidence around these parts. That’s because…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
How We Got Here and Where We're Going - History of Knowledge Work Productivity - DBR 074
Episode 74
I want to talk about the history of knowledge work productivity. And it's going to involve a lot of different names. It's going to involve the triumvirate, well, the quadrumvirate (that’s the real wo…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Fable: Productivity Rain Dances - Watch Out - DBR 073
Episode 73
I started out talking about the lies of productivity, but I’m going to change to fables because it's just things we collectively believe without much evidence. Plus, I don't think anybody's intention…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Modern Productivity Paradox, What Should Knowledge Workers Do? - DBR 072
Episode 72
Most everybody involved in knowledge work is involved with technology. It's what we do. We deal in information, so we deal with information technology. We believe that it makes us more productive – “…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
"Attention Crisis"? What is the Argument and the Evidence - DBR 071
Episode 71
There's an article in The New Yorker "What If The Attention Crisis Is All A Distraction" by Daniel Immerwahr. I think the attention problem (if there is one) is important for us to understand and res…
Published on 2 months ago