Getting Things Done
GTD®
Our GTD podcasts are here to support you at every stage of your GTD practice. You will hear interviews with people from all walks of life about their journey with GTD, from beginners to those who have been at it for years. The podcasts include personal and professional stories, as well as practical tips about GTD systems for desktop and mobile, using apps and paper. Start listening now and you'll be well on your way to stress-free productivity.
Episodes
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May 13, 2026 • 34min
Ep. 362: Let's Consider Contexts
A deep dive into using contexts to filter what you can do before adding time and energy into decisions. Practical examples of modern contexts like messaging apps, VPNs, and secure environments. Tips on avoiding too many lists and testing context choices during your weekly review. A reminder that contexts can be reassigned when they do not work.
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May 6, 2026 • 28min
Ep. 361: David Allen and Charles Duhigg
Charles Duhigg, journalist and bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators, shares why he studies problems he faces and how communication can be learned. He discusses traits of top communicators, neural entrainment and matching conversation types, authentic reciprocity over mimicry, preparing mentally before talks, naming emotions, and asking deep questions to reveal values.
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Apr 29, 2026 • 33min
Ep. 360: David Allen and Gina DiRoma
Gina DiRoma, improv performer and corporate events director at SAK Comedy Lab with ~25 years creating joy, shares lively stories. They explore how improv techniques boost collaboration and creativity. They discuss using GTD to process grief, clarify projects, and spark passion projects. Practical warm-ups and improv games for teams are highlighted in short, energetic segments.
31 snips
Apr 22, 2026 • 34min
Ep. 359: GTD and Holocracy
A deep dive into how a self-organizing management framework integrates practical productivity habits. They trace adoption, training, and real-world transitions that avoided common management traps. The conversation maps role accountability to capturing tensions, next actions, delegation, and waiting-for lists. It also covers meeting workflows, prioritization by context and energy, and strategy shaping what not to do.
42 snips
Apr 15, 2026 • 34min
Ep. 358: Workplace Challenges and Improvements
Eric Mack, productivity coach who created the Intentionally Productive framework, shares practical ways to fix broken workplaces. He discusses how tools and notifications shape unproductive habits. He outlines the Eight Practices and the T-myth that tools alone do not create productivity. Conversation covers tool churn, training gaps, and protocols to protect deep work.
83 snips
Apr 8, 2026 • 31min
Ep. 357: Focus and Interruptions
Arjan Broere, GTD trainer for the Benelux region, shares practical tips on community growth and handling interruptions. David Allen, GTD founder and productivity expert, discusses managing attention, external systems, and realistic planning. They explore focus as an internal skill, digital channel overload, anticipating surprises, and making space for catch-up and intentional rest.
29 snips
Apr 1, 2026 • 28min
Ep. 356: David Allen and Justin Hale
Justin Hale, a training designer at Crucial Learning who builds behavioral programs, shares his long GTD journey. He talks about cultivating self-awareness of habits. He highlights designing teachable GTD training and avoiding the curse of knowledge. He stresses deliberate practice, modeling, and exercises to embed new behaviors.
73 snips
Mar 25, 2026 • 22min
Ep. 355: Slice of GTD Life with Scott Adams
Scott Adams, cartoonist and AI experimenter, walks through prompts he uses to make AI support GTD workflows. He discusses choosing engines, uploading reference docs, linking email and calendar, and creating a single-source GTD assistant. Practical demos include generated daily reviews, command triggers like "run daily review," and device-agnostic web access.
54 snips
Mar 18, 2026 • 27min
Ep. 354: A Deep Dive into the Reflect Step of GTD
A practical walkthrough of the Reflect step in GTD with quizzes and exercises. Topics include how reflecting builds focus and clarifies priorities. Techniques for balancing action bias with intentional pausing are explored. Guidance on daily review routines and mapping review frequencies to longer-term horizons is covered.
56 snips
Mar 11, 2026 • 34min
Ep. 353: GTD Implementation and Integration
Sebastian, a participant who uses tickler/recurring reminders and the Natural Planning Model, and Peter, a participant who raises practical recurring-event scenarios, explore recurring projects, checklists versus projects, calendar use for day-specific actions, tickler files to avoid list overload, review frequency, and naming granular next actions.
