The GTD® Virtual Study Group 077: GTD and Corporate Life
Dec 18, 2011
Troubleshooting GTD inside locked-down corporate systems, including paper fallbacks and printable workflows. Creative sync tricks like Evernote plus Google Calendar and dual Dropbox accounts. Strategies for protecting personal time and keeping productivity flowing across split work and home environments.
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Ask Security For Productivity Exceptions
- Ask corporate security or IT for exceptions when a useful web tool or desktop app is blocked.
- Dan convinced security by explaining productivity benefits and got whitelist/installation permissions after showing intent.
Printing Web Task Lists To Carry Between Systems
- When blocked from installing software, Dan printed web task lists and carried paper copies at work.
- He updated the master system at home each night, trading convenience for continuity.
Personal Brain As A Visual GTD Desktop
- Simon built a rich Personal Brain GTD desktop with horizons of focus, 10K project level, project templates and email children.
- He links emails, files and URLs under projects and uses tags for contexts like @waiting or @today.
