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Leadership at all Levels

I’m going to start by talking rubbish but will get to an important productivity point a bit further on. Plastic bags are a huge burden on the environment and the ...

How Wasteful Email Habits Can Cause a Productivity Drought

The early 2000’s brought the worst drought in recorded history, which in Sydney meant severe water restrictions. We couldn’t wash cars, water the garden, or allo...

Sand in your Shoes and Emails in your Inbox

You might recall my last newsletter was written in the sunny glow of a holiday in Europe. Well, I’m back in Sydney, with sand in my shoes and emails in my inbox! ...

You get what you give

I’m in the middle of an amazing holiday in Europe, with just a few work commitments needing my focus, including this blog.  Not too bad though – I’m writing t...

Think about where you store information

We have so much information to manage these days, and it can be hard to work out where to put it all. Most of us default to keeping our emails in folders in our mail...

Make reply all a nuclear option

I was running a workshop recently in a large financial institution when three of the participants started talking to each other in whispers. This went on for a few m...