Category Archives: Theory

What Happened to Smart Technology Choices?

Posted on February 25, 2011 by fwade_admin

Corporations making large-scale technology changes have learned over the years that it’s a big mistake to go out and buy the biggest, newest flashiest product available on the market without first doing a thorough study of the company’s needs. In … Continue reading →

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Why New Employees Struggle with Time Management

Posted on December 27, 2010 by fwade_admin

In the area of time management, it turns out that some vital skills we picked as kids have to be un-learned, if we have an interest in being successful working adults. Grade school and high school turn out to be … Continue reading →

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Green Belt vs. White Belt Excuses

Posted on December 23, 2010 by fwade_admin

One of the key differences that I explain in my training classes between White and Green Belts is the excuses they give when something fails. Let’s imagine that both are late for a function such as a wedding, by 30 … Continue reading →

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More on Time Demands

Posted on December 16, 2010 by fwade_admin

As I re-read my prior post on time demands, I started to have some additional thoughts.  Not second thoughts, but old ones that I failed to add. In the original post I listed 8 characteristics of time demands that were … Continue reading →

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Time Demands: Time Management’s Widget

Posted on November 29, 2010 by fwade_admin

It might be my training in industrial engineering and operations research, or just my love of factory environments, but I am still tinkering with the idea that the basic unit of time management is something called a Time Demand. I … Continue reading →

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A Treasure-Trove of Data on Time Management Needs

Posted on November 10, 2010 by fwade_admin

In prior posts I have made the point that Outlook and Gmail have become much more than email programs. While they both started out as email managers, they have become the primary portals that people use to manage time demands … Continue reading →

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Solving Some Nagging Issues with A Simulation Study

Posted on June 22, 2010 by fwade_admin

There are some time management issues that I have raised in my blog, and in my videos, that I believe can be answered using a digital simulation. This diagnostic tool, which is taught in schools of operations research, is one … Continue reading →

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Procrastination Article – A Point I Missed

Posted on December 3, 2009 by fwade_admin

I wrote an article for the StepCase LifeHack website on the topic of procrastination after getting a bit pissed that the word was getting a bad name! (If you read the article by clicking at the link below you’ll get … Continue reading →

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Outside and Slightly Elevated

Posted on August 23, 2009 by fwade_admin

In the book Work the System, author Sam Carpenter makes an observation about business systems that I think applies perfectly to time management systems. Carpenter’s entire book represents a strong plea to business owners to step outside of their companies … Continue reading →

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Download WorktheSystem Now!

Posted on August 10, 2009 by fwade_admin

In a prior post I mentioned that I was so impressed by a new book I read called Work The System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less, that I read it in only 2 sittings. It’s available … Continue reading →

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