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Inbox Zero at Microsoft

How I Kept a Zero Email Inbox at Microsoft for 25 Years

“Email has an ability many channels don’t: creating valuable, personal touches – at scale.” — David Newman I’ll share the story of how I kept a zero email inbox at Microsoft for 25 years, since there are some surprising lessons along the way. But let’s start with a flashback to one day in my office …

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New Hire Guide for Microsoft Employees

The New Hire Guide for Softies that Want to Change the World

“Today new job.  Tomorrow the world!” Hi there, welcome to Microsoft. Whether you’re a new hire at Microsoft or taking on a new job, here’s some principles, patterns and practices to be more effective. I learned a lot from 25 years at Microsoft, and I hope that some of these lessons can help you in …

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Two-Column Tables–How To Manage Big Lists in a Human Way

“People who want to appear clever rely on memory.  People who want to get things done make lists.” — Peter McWilliams I’ve used my Two-Column Table method to organize massive lists of information from scenarios to innovative ideas to hard-core research. Anybody can create a short list. But not everybody can create a useful, actionable, …

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Knowledge Areas for Productivity – Learn Productivity, Better, Faster, Deeper

One of the best ways for making sense of a space is to have a lens for looking at it.  The productivity and results space are well-traversed and the body of knowledge is enormous.  That’s part of the problem.  Without an effective lens, it can be difficult to find, organize, and share the productivity strategies, …

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The Six P’s Workshop Planning Framework

Workshops are one of the best ways to rapidly brainstorm ideas, capture scenarios, mine for patterns, etc.  The challenge can be designing an effective workshop.  In the book Scenarios, Stories, Use Cases: Through the Systems Development Life-Cycle, Ian F. Alexander and Neil Maiden present The Six P’s Workshop Framework.  Here is a summary of the …

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