personal email management: riding the wave or caught in the undertow?
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Riding the wave…
or caught in the undertow?
Personal Email Management
Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent.
- Ambrose Bierce
about me...
How large is
your firm?
Where do you sit?
Transformational
Operational
Staff
Management
HOW MANY HH A DAY?
asmatteri
ng
more thanmy fair share
Et tu, Brute?
How painful is your inbox?
What arrives?
Action Reference Trash
Why do we care?
Do we reallyneed it all?in real time?
theproblem
So, how do we dig out?
http://gawker.com/254608/
DMZ
www.43folders.com/2006/01/04/email-dmz
The
with extreme prejudice
Inbox Zero
inboxzero.com
Timebox
VIP Access
Automate!
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2011/10/24/outlook-quick-steps-shortcuts.aspx
Only file things you’ll actually need to reference later.
Retraining your coworkers - tip #1:
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/productivity/emailtips.aspx
These people need to do something
These people are being informed of somethingThis line should change as the thread changes
Value their time
...and they will value yours.
The Doctrine of Completed Staff Work
Retrain your coworkers - tip #2:
http://asq.org/pub/qualityprogress/past/0307/qp0307career.html
recapown it
start fresh(ish)reduce your intake
make exercising a prioritylet the machines do some work
convince your coworkers to join a gym