So let’s ban email.  But before we do, let’s talk about something else: auditing emails.  I know, the phrase has a terrifying ring.  No one likes anything audited and email can be highly personal, but Michael Schrage thinks that it’s a good mechanism to improve productivity.  No,...

We all know people that make decisions in extreme ways: the guy who snaps up a real estate deal in a matter of minutes or the person who takes 10 minutes to decide between fries and coleslaw.  Most of us fall somewhere in between, but there are philosophies of decision making that can sway most of us...

Remember workplaces with pool tables and beanbag chairs?  Remember Pets.com and 1999?  Remember thinking: wouldn’t it be great to work someplace that had a coffee bar and an foosball table? The following shows Google’s offices in Zurich: Link Scrolled down through all the pictures?  Feel...

David Pogue, the technology editor for The New York Times, focuses on cell phones and offers up some very cool tips and tricks to increase productivity…and have a little fun with them. Many of these tips come from frustrations we all have: Why do we have to listen to instructions to leave a message?...

Computer technology is funny. The smaller, faster, and cheaper things get, the bigger, slower, and more problematic they become. It used to be that sending a 1MB file took forever and was likely blocked by the recipient.   Today 1MB is child’s play, but that 300MB PowerPoint presentation…that’s...

Today, the definition of the ‘the office’ can mean wildly different things to different people.  For some, it’s about a view. For others, it’s all about the gadgets or even a representation of who they are as a person.  We found a photostream that is devoted solely to people’s...

The idea sounds crazy…your inbox should be at zero most of the time. That’s zero. Nothing. For most of us, email inboxes are sort of a repository for our lives. It’s the place where you keep everything because you might need it in the future. Even the little replies that don’t...

In this video, Richard St. John of the St. John Group, outlines the 8 Secrets of Success.  St. John has plenty of advice to given considering that his design group boasts clients like Nortel and Blackberry…he’s very successful.  But what’s interesting about his presentation is that...

John Baldoni, author of Lead Your Boss: The Subtle Art of Managing Up, talks about the benefits of leading from the middle in a Harvard Business IdeadCast.  This is not just a tactic for getting ahead; it’s good for many organizations.  Many companies benefit from hearing from the front lines...

Organizing your Email is probably something that you’ve been meaning to do or have already done but are behind on. You know what we mean…all those emails piled up with about 17 different folders they could be filed under. Or that long inbox that dates back five years. But here a radical...