Podcast Episodes

Master Your Tasks & Time with a Backlog Refinement Rhythm - DBR 090

Episode 90

Episode 90: Master Your Tasks & Reclaim Your Time with Backlog Refinement Description: Are you tired of daily to-do list "rigmarole" and feeling overwhelmed by your tasks? This episode introduces a p…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

PIM is Critical for Knowledge Creation - DBR 089

Episode 89

I want to delve deeper into a concept that listeners found interesting in a previous discussion: Commonplace Books. My goal here is to show you how a modern toolset, specifically Attention Compass, t…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

DBR 088: Meetings and Death By Them - Is It Inevitable?

Episode 88

Hi there. I want to talk about a common source of pain among people on teams: meetings. You simply can't discuss productivity without addressing meetings, and my goal is to equip you with actionable …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Be Your Own Executive: Mastering Productivity Through Executive Function - DBR 087

Episode 87

My goal today is to help you understand a few things that are true about knowledge work, specifically focusing on a concept called executive function. This term may be new to you, but I believe it pe…

Published on 4 months ago

Not As Busy As We Think (Maybe) - DBR 086

Episode 86

Productivity is hard to measure. I've talked about it before. The measurement problems can lead us to confusion about our productivity. I'll talk about what this looks like in the workplace in a minu…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

From Guild Secrets to Modern Work: Process Thinking is the Key to your Productivity - DBR 085

Episode 85

Today, I'm going to outline the current progress in the pursuit of increasing knowledge work productivity. I'll have some suggestions about how you can improve your productivity. Mostly, this is enco…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Digital Moderation and How To Decline a Technology - DBR 084

Episode 84

I'm going to dive into the logic of the debate around technology.   Purpose: To earn a stronger hearing for honest critiques of technology: We'll discuss a common pattern where critics are dismissed …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

How to Process Incoming Information - DBR 083

Episode 83

Most people don't know how to process incoming information.   This is a core part of personal information management, which (particularly for knowledge workers) is absolutely critical for modern econ…

Published on 5 months ago

Don't 'manage time'; time is the constraint - DBR 082

Episode 82

I was answering a question: "how do I manage my time?" and I was thinking of it in terms of scheduling. Then it occurred to me that we don't manage time. (I've said that a lot.) But, what is it then …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

WFH: Don't Fall For The Hidden Challenge - DBR 081

WFH: Don't Fall For the Hidden Challenge   Most everybody I hear wants to work from home. I've posted previously that most employees see WFH as a convenience and a perk. Is it possible that WFH is no…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago