by John Macdonald | Jun 18, 2024 | The250
I’ve spent a good deal of time and effort over my career learning how to make myself, my teams, and the teams around me more productive. In fact, my current venture is fundamentally about helping small software teams be more productive. My team and I have been...
by John Macdonald | Mar 14, 2022 | Action, Activity, Productivity, Time Management
How to be Productively Unproductive Did my Wordle today. Meh…got it in 5. I’m usually a 4 or 5 guy, so par for the course. I’m a bit caught up in the craze, like many of you. I don’t cheat (what’s the point), nor share on social...
by John Macdonald | Apr 12, 2021 | Action, Activity, Productivity
A Simple Fix To Take Control of Your Time and Boost Your Productivity “The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free.” ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb One of my favorite scenes from the movie Up...
by John Macdonald | Mar 7, 2017 | Action, Activity, Productivity, Time Management
Real-Time Communication: Productivity Igniter or Productivity Killer? In today’s world, we can effortlessly be in real-time communication, all the time, with…everybody. Or at least everybody to whom we have access via text, Facebook, Twitter, email,...
by John Macdonald | Oct 3, 2024 | The250
What is the most expensive asset in your company, organization, or team? Your people, of course. When executives, bosses, and number-crunchers look at the spreadsheets, and especially if those spreadsheets get shown to the shareholders, the human...