Task Management

A Culture of Dates

In our time-conscious world, we’re used to thinking in terms of dates. What’s my calendar for today? When is the meeting, the doctor’s appointment, the television program? We rush to…

The Myth About Multitasking

To make it short: Humans are terrible at multitasking. Yet knowledge workers in Corporate America are being asked to do exactly that. They are expected to stay on top of…

Checkmate

I just finished reading The Checklist Manifesto by Dr. Atul Gawande (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2009). It’s a well-written, entertaining book that promotes the use of checklists to make sure…