“Project Management is the facilitation of GTD for project teams” – that’s the starting point for Carsten Nielsen, certified GTD trainer for Vital Learning in Denmark and a project management teacher and expert.
In this episode, Lars interviews Carsten to learn more about the intersection between GTD and project management:
– What systems Carsten uses, both personally and with teams
– How he uses GTD as a project manager
– How he shares GTD and uses it e.g. in productive meetings

Are we missing a prioritization step in GTD?
In this episode, we cover questions from Denmark, Germany and America regarding:
– Were does priorities come into play? What about the big picture?
– What’s your perspective on AI assistants in a GTD system?
– I have this pile of emails that just move from folder to folder – how do you manage emails in GTD?

Morten Klein is a Norwegian Investor, Business owner, husbond and father and he loves Getting Things Done.
Morten learned early on that if you don’t control all the things you want to do they will control you.
How did learning about Horizon of Focus change Mortens relationship with his family, and with his company? And why did he stand up a board meeting because of a date he made with his grand child? Morten also shares how he turns his work on an off.

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

How do you know if you have too much to do?

Before diving into the two listener questions for this episode, Morten and Lars briefly cover the GTD Summer Camp 2022, where we hope to meet many of you! (link below)

Is your GTD too complex? Or too simple?
Listen to this episode to hear Morten and Lars dive into this topic, including:
– Are your lists attracting or repelling you?
– How could you perhaps simplify your lists and their content
– How e.g. your Areas of Focus can support simplifying your next actions lists

How do you deal with worries from a GTD perspective?
You might be worrying about some of the things going on in the world, so in this episode, Morten and Lars look at this topic including:
– A practical tip on worries from Finnish GTD® Coach and Trainer Jukka Backman
– A personal story from Morten that helped him put things into perspective

What are habits and how do they impact your GTD practice?

Listen to this episode to hear Morten and Lars’ takes on this topic, including:
– Diving into what habits consist of
– How habits impact each of the 5 steps in GTD
– Book tips for learning more about habits!

What are good things to reflect on when working from home?

Listen to this episode to learn Morten and Lars’ tips on working from home, including:
– The components in a good work-from-home cockpit
– What parts of your system might need to be adjusted to this new reality
– How you might want to support your mind in shifting from home to work-mode and vice versa
..and much more!

What does a great meeting look like from a GTD perspective?

Listen to this episode to learn Morten and Lars’ experiences and perspectives when it comes to good meetings, including:
– The basic building blocks of a good meeting
– Tips on meeting notes
– How you (or others) might be multitasking in meetings, thereby significantly decreasing the meeting productivity.

A practical deep dive into Horizon 2: Areas of Focus and Accountability.

Getting this overview, both personally and professionally, really takes your GTD game to the next level. Listen to (or this time, perhaps you want to watch?) this episode, where Morten and Lars cover
– What your areas of focus might look like
– How this horizon interacts and impacts other horizons of your work and life
– How they are useful in both in your personal and professional “complex/messy/rich” life