Getting Things Done

David describes Greg Shepard as a lifelong learner on steroids. When you hear Greg talk about all that he has done, and still plans to do, you'll understand how that description fits. He has a history of taking on a variety of big challenges, because he believes that, "The bigger the problem the better the opportunity." Other people have bought more than one copy of Getting Things Done, but you'll find that Greg had an unusual reason for doing that. One of his current interests is altruistic capitalism, the idea that businesses should have concern for doing good beyond making a profit. You'll be inspired by his dedication to making the world a better place.  You can listen to the entire conversation from October 2020 at GTD Connect®. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membe

David Allen has a wide-ranging talk with Kevin Kelly about many aspects of technology. Kevin's new book, Excellent Advice for Living, will be available in May. They discuss artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, and more. Kevin has a long association with technology and the internet, including as a co-founder of WIRED magazine. He still writes about the culture of technology. You can listen to the entire conversation from March 2023 at GTD Connect®. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership options Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It’s easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of

Join David Allen for a conversation with Roy Whitten and Scott Roy. Their just-published book is Decision Intelligence Selling. It's not just for those in sales, but for anyone who realizes that persuading and motivating others is part of life. Of the book, David says, "Whether you're in sales or simply in life, this is a must-read. Roy and Scott have written a new manual for sales training ... a page-turner for us all in leveraging our relationships to everyone's advantage." You can learn more about the book and their work on the Whitten and Roy Partnership website. You can listen to the entire conversation from September 2020 at GTD Connect®. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership options Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It’s easy to g

Sebastian Feiler is a GTD enthusiast who is based in Germany. By profession he is a lawyer, and he thinks that lawyers in general would greatly benefit from applying the GTD methodology. Because Sebastian finds value in sharing about GTD with the global GTD community, he is an enthusiastic participant in our forums. (You would know him there as Ger80C.) He also attended the 2019 GTD Summit, and has stayed in communication with others he met there. You will get to hear him discuss his use of paper and digital tools, his two systems for tracking work and personal commitments, and his approach to the GTD Weekly Review. You can listen to the entire conversation from August 2020 at GTD Connect®. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership options Knowing how to get the right

Creator of the second-best productivity tool for GTD, Eric Mack is grounded in GTD and knowledge management. David Allen and John Forrister recently talked with Eric about his five principles of productivity software design, in the hope that it might inspire future designers to incorporate some of these principles into their applications. Eric is also doing a survey on workstyles and key frustrations. We encourage the GTD community to take his survey. We did, and found it helpful to us in understanding how we work, what we can do to improve, and more. Key Frustrations and Work Styles Survey For a limited time, Eric is offering GTD Connect members a complimentary call to early survey respondents to discuss his recommendations. Eric Mack Company eProductivity -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free gues

David Allen has reconnected with Kevin Wilde, for a discussion about learning, leadership, and coachability. Kevin describes how he heard about GTD, and his success with making it a part of the culture at General Mills. His mission in the last few years has been to dive deeper into the science and practical application of leadership coachability. He has found that leaders who plateau below their potential have one thing in common: They stop seeking feedback so they can improve. You can find out more about Kevin's current work on on the coachability of leaders on his website, The Coachable Leader. And you can listen to David's 2007 conversation with Kevin, during his time as Chief Learning Officer for General Mills. You can listen to the entire conversation from July 2020 at GTD Connect®. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free produc

David Allen interviewed Daniel Levitin several years ago after the publication of The Organized Mind. In this interview, David talks with Daniel about his new book, Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives. They begin by discussing the neuroscientific basis for GTD. Then Daniel explains that there are two principles from GTD that are crucial for successful aging. They are 1) externalizing your memory, and 2) living conscientiously. He says that when you become more conscientious, you are rewiring your brain in beneficial ways. They also talk about how learning new things is helpful for your brain. You can find out more about Daniel on his website. He is also on several social media channels. Instagram Twitter Facebook You can listen to the entire conversation from July 2020 at GTD Connect®. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and d

Richard Medcalf consults with C-level executives about leadership and strategy. The company he founded is Xquadrant. In this interview, he discusses how he learned about GTD, and his tools and practices. He also introduces thought-provoking principles and questions for leaders. He created a GTD-specific version of his Checklist for Challenging Times. You can listen to the entire conversation from June 2020 at GTD Connect®. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership options Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It’s easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based online learning center from the David Allen Company. GTD Connect gives you access to a wealth of multimedia content de

Josiah Ronco is a touring guitar technician who also has two other careers, repairing guitars and managing real estate. He uses OmniFocus as a list manager, Evernote for reference, and the Mac OS calendar for managing date-specific and time-specific information. His advice for those new to GTD? Read and reread Getting Things Done, and do the weekly review. We range around various GTD topics, and you'll also get to meet his dog. Near the end of the interview he goes into fascinating detail on the logistics of touring with the band. If you've ever wondered how a band can do four shows in four cities on four consecutive days, you're about to find out. You can listen to the entire conversation from May 2020 at GTD Connect®. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership options

Tamara McLendon is the personification of a high achiever who adopts GTD to achieve even more. In this interview, she describes her journey from working for others to growing her own business. Along the way, she began implementing GTD, and has gone on to become a certified trainer. You'll hear her describe her own system and tools. She also goes into detail about how she trains and supports all of her employees in a culture of accountability and professional development. Tamara is the president of LongLeaf System and Network Specialists, a nationwide managed IT services provider. You can listen to the entire conversation from March 2020 at GTD Connect®. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership options Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It’s

As you listen to David's interview with Dan Greenleaf, you'll hear a theme of service in his present and past work. He is currently the CEO of Providence Service Corporation, following work in several other large healthcare services companies. Prior to his business career, he was a captain and navigator in the US Air Force. You'll hear the pilot training in his "plan the flight, then fly the plan" approach to projects. Dan notes that as life has gotten more complex, GTD is the best tool for allowing him to be present with other people. Memorable quote: "If you want to scale your time, talent, and treasures, GTD is the way to go." You can read more about Dan's business background on his LinkedIn profile. You can listen to the entire conversation from January 2020 at GTD Connect®. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. S

Part 6 of many – David Allen and his senior staff share the GTD best practices and models for seamlessly managing your projects. There are bonus materials that include a rich set of PDF handouts and the GTD Live recording of David leading you through the Natural Planning Model®. To get the PDFs and the complete 5 hours of audio, please visit the GTD® Store.

Part 5 of many - David Allen and his senior staff share the GTD® best practices and models for seamlessly managing your projects. There are bonus materials that include a rich set of PDF handouts and the GTD Live recording of David leading you through the Natural Planning Model®. To get the PDFs and the complete 5 hours of audio, please visit the GTD® Store.

We have a delightful Slice of GTD Life interview for you, with Jim Small. He's a professor of pathology at Rocky Vista University, and self-confessed "science nerd." In addition to his background in medicine, he has studied computer programming, which he credits with thinking sequentially in a way that works well with GTD. His use of list management software goes way back to Palm OS and Palm Desktop, as well as Outlook, Word, Google docs, and Evernote. He has set up list management systems from simple to complex. (Hint: He says simple is better.) He speaks of the underappreciated value of the Waiting For list, and encourages those new to GTD to acknowledge themselves. His intelligence and humor shine through all the way, especially when he describes why he calls his GTD system Tembo. You can listen to the entire conversation from November 2019 at GTD Connect®. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the wo

Bruce Fetzer took a productivity training with David Allen in the 1980s. Since then he has been applying what he learned. His work with the John E. Fetzer Memorial Trust has been his major focus in the last few years. The mission of the trust is to advance integrated, relational views of reality through exploring scientific frontiers and universal spiritual practices. David Allen engages Bruce in a discussion of the role of business in doing good work through meta-science, or the study of the scientific method. They also explore how to integrate inner life with outer action. There is a free biography of John E. Fetzer available from the Fetzer Trust site. --- You can listen to the entire conversation from October 2019 at GTD Connect®. This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about members

Join us for a discussion of how two educators apply the GTD methodology. Erik Johnson teaches high school in Chicago, and David Drake is a professor of microbiology at the University of Iowa. They both have a passion for teaching, and have adapted GTD make their busy profession easier to manage. You'll hear them talk about their areas of focus, projects, and daily routines around email, meetings, and teaching. They also consider how educators can adapt context-based lists to their environment. As a bonus, they both describe what tools they use and why. You can listen to the entire conversation from August 2019 at GTD Connect®. This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership options Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It’s easy to get distracted and ove

At the GTD Summit, David Allen briefly shared a vision of the ultimate GTD app which consists of 19 pages of hand-drawn drafts of the screens he would want to use. To expand on that topic, we recorded David talking with Eric Mack about the past, present, and future of GTD software. It's a wide-ranging discussion with stories that will inform, entertain, and maybe even surprise you. It's audio only, but be sure to download the PDF of David's screen drawings as well. You can listen to the entire conversation from July 2019 at GTD Connect®. This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership options Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It’s easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based onli

Kevin Kelly calls himself a "packager of ideas" and a "predictor of the present." Both of those are in evidence as Kevin talks with David about range of ideas. Kevin is a co-founder of Wired magazine, where his title is Senior Maverick. His most recent book is called The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future, which David calls a must-read. His website has lots more interesting information about who he is and what he does. You can listen to the entire conversation from October 2016 at GTD Connect®. This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership options Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It’s easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscription-based on

With a PhD in sleep science, Dan Pardi has plenty to say about the relationship between sleep and productivity. In this wide-ranging interview, David Allen talks with Dan about how sleep, rest, and mental acuity affect productivity. Dan's approach is that health is about organizing yourself, effectively managing the project of your body. He's a fan of working from lists, in order to match mental energy to the type of task. In various places during this interview, he talks about his tools, as well as tips for improving productivity and performance. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership options Knowing how to get the right things done is a key to success. It’s easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. Stay focused and increase productivity with GTD Connect—a subscripti

Dr. Keri Hobert has worked for several community health organizations, and is currently with the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless in Denver. Her GTD journey began around 2012 with a search for a list manager. She has tried Things, Nirvana, Outlook, and now uses OmniFocus for her lists. In addition to hearing her describe her own system, you?ll find that she is dedicated to sharing about GTD with her colleagues. Beyond describing the benefits of GTD, she provides her staff with structured support to learn and apply the principles. You can listen to the entire conversation from February 2019 at GTD Connect®.