Category: Podcast

t’s time for another Tools Check-In episode!
We did an episode on this topic in 2021 – what does Morten and Lars use today? In this episode we cover:
– Hardware devices
– Capture tools
– Email, calendar, reference and miscellaneous including automations
..and much more! And we’d love to hear from you – what are your favorite tools/tips/automations?

n this episode Morten interviews Jørn Arild Andenæs from GEODATA in Norway.
Jørn Arild has been working in the intersection of Getting Things Done® (GTD) and Objectives & Key Results (OKR) and her shares his insights. Who better to shed some light on this interesting subject?
Jørn Arild is also the lead of the largest GTD Meetup.com group in the world. Nearing 1000 members the group offers a free community for learning from peers in Norwegian: The Oslo GTD Gathering: https://www.meetup.com/oslo-gtd-gathering/

Do you have an example of a using GTD in more complex projects?
This episode is officially a listener questions episode, but the primary conversation dives into the launch of Vital Learning! The new company in the Nordics offering not only GTD but also other great Crucial Learning properties, which we really look forward to.

We’re back from vacation!
And in this episode, Morten and Lars recap their vacations from a GTD perspective, including
– How did it go with “The full Lars”, i.e. staying offline from email (hint: Not as planned)
– How did they use GTD during their vacations
– What do they do to get back up to full speed after their breaks
..and much more! We’re happy to be back after the summer break and hope our reflections help your future breaks.

How do you set yourself up for a great vacation?
In this listener episode, Morten and Lars walk you through how they prepare and engage with the GTD system in relation to vacations. They’ll cover topics before and during the vacation, such as:
– Strategies for calendar management
– Tips for setting Out of Office-mails
– Their differences in email handling during the vacation

How do you find your way through that full inbox?
In this listener questions episode, Morten and Lars picks up 3 listener questions:
– How to do the “”heroic action”” of getting to an empty inbox
– When is the right time to define your new next action?
– Is it always sufficient to just find a project and a next action?

How do you manage recurring projects?
In this episode, Morten and Lars will walk you through:
– How Areas of Focus might be mixed up with recurring projects
– How you go about building checklists for recurring projects
– How they both use checklists for recurring projects in their systems, Apple Notes/Omnifocus and Todoist/OneNote
..and much more! You may want to watch this one (YouTube links below) as Morten shows his approach.

How would you organize huge amounts of project information?
In this episode, Morten and Lars picked 3 different listener questions covering various aspects of GTD:
– How would you organize information from building a hospital from the ground up?
– Can you move next actions to the Someday/Maybe list?
– Would you use one or two systems, when you recognize that your personal system will sometimes suffer, when things are busy at work?

What are the different levels in practicing GTD?
Listen to this episode to learn more about the different levels, including:
– The different stages of learning and implementing GTD
– The perspective of the 5 I’s for understanding where you are in your GTD implementation
– More tips on the GTD® Practitioner Competency Evaluation from episode 22
..and much more!

What are best practices for hybrid meetings?
Listen to this episode to learn more about Morten and Lars’ best practices for hybrid meetings, including:
– How you might want to reorganize your next hybrid meeting
– How it might be helpful to have the meeting leader be a virtual participant
– Why you might want to check in with virtual participants before the physical ones