It’s so frustrating when you experience an unproductive day. No matter what you do, or how hard you feel you’re working, nothing seems to get done. You look at your to-do list at the end of the day and it seems just as large (if not larger) than it was before. The good news is […]
There’s nothing wrong with email. There, we said it. Email is a digital form of communication that gets an awful lot of stick - understandably - from those whose lives it all but dominates. Thankfully, there are plenty of ways to minimise this particular office distraction and own email - rather than it being the […]
Have you ever been described as a ‘morning person’? Maybe people prefer to call you a ‘night owl’. It’s common for us to define ourselves as the type of person we are either early in the morning or late at night. But how does this relate to you being more productive? Evening routines are vitally […]
There’s no two ways about it - smartphones are now primary computing devices for most people. Think about it - even if your computer of choice at work is your laptop, the first and last device you pick up each day is probably your phone. Whether it’s to check your email, send a quick team […]
“I couldn’t complete that task because there were other, more important things to do”. How many times have you either heard someone utter that sentence - or said it yourself? Human beings are generally fairly poor at working out the difference between urgent and important tasks. If you get to the end of the day […]
Ever get to the end of your working week and wonder where on earth the time went and what exactly you achieved during those hours? You’re not alone. In fact, most of us experience this - even during weeks when you’ve felt rushed off your feet darting from one priority to the next. But therein […]
Technological development in recent years has led to the ability to communicate without actually leaving our desks. But that doesn't mean it's not important for us all as a community to come together and have face-to-face conversations about the future of tech. Indeed, a number of major technological advances have occurred as a result of […]
Some people always look busy but when it comes to the crunch actually turn out to be the least productive workers. So, how is it that certain members of your team occasionally look less busy yet appear to get the most done? The answer is simple - they’ve pretty much nailed productivity. And, while no […]
It’s pretty easy to spend most of your working life sat behind a desk, staring at a computer screen and sinking deeply into a world of digital networking. LinkedIn is arguably one of the most vibrant networks for this task, but it should remain that - a single task. Traditional networking (yep, that which involves […]
If you’ve been working a regular 9-5 job for several years, you’ll be used to a very predictable routine. Each morning, you’ll leave the house at pretty much the same day, sit down at your desk at the same time, eat lunch when you always have done and return home bang on the time your […]
