Getting Things Done® podcast from Vital Learning · 87. Apple Reminders As Your GTD System What does Apple Reminders look like as a GTD system? And how does it feel for someone moving from either Omnifocus or Todoist? Listen to this episode to learn more about how Morten and Lars have migrated/are migrating from those
Getting Things Done® podcast from Vital Learning · 86. Designing The Ideal GTD Workplace How do you design the ideal GTD workspace? Listen to this episode to learn more about how Morten and Lars would approach designing such a workspace, including: – Ingredients in a GTD workspace when you work in an office with free
Getting Things Done® podcast from Vital Learning · 85. How Good A GTDer Are You? How good a GTD’er are you? Or more interestingly, where might you be able to up your GTD game? Listen to this episode, where Morten and Lars walk you through one of the GTD Practitioner evaluations used in coaching and
Getting Things Done® podcast from Vital Learning · 84. Making The Weekly Review Work For You How do you make the Weekly Review work for you? In this episode, Morten & Lars go through how they adapt their GTD Weekly Reviews, including: – Apps used for their checklists – How their lists differ significantly –
Getting Things Done® podcast from Vital Learning · 83. Listener questions: Delegation, waiting fors, project planning and more! It’s time for another round of listener questions! In this episode, Morten & Lars go through questions from two listeners, including: – Delegating & loooong Waiting For lists – Planning of projects – how deep to go?
Getting Things Done® podcast from Vital Learning · 82. Scaling Up With GTD It has been a busy 2022 for Vital Learning! How have we used GTD to stay on top? Listen to this episode to learn more about: – Our use of Checklists – Using Natural Planning Model to align expectations – Expanded Areas
In this interview episode, Christoffer Endresen shares his GTD journey working as a Sales Manager at NordicNeuroLab in Bergen in Norway. Listen to this episode to learn more about: – His early struggles with the Weekly Review – That his house and his head is now a lot cleaner – The tools he uses and
Getting Things Done® podcast from Vital Learning · 80. Merry Christmas: Done How does GTD apply to enjoying Christmas (or any other holiday)? In this last episode of 2022, Morten & Lars go through how they use GTD as the holidays are approaching, including: – The different projects that arise – The use of checklists
“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!
