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December 18, 2005
Bigger games, better frames...
Spent big part of this weekend with Steve Kowalski, a great "friend of the court" to us, leading Anne, Marian, Kathryn and me through discussions to upgrade our own understanding of how best to communicate and collaborate with larger organizations around the cultural and strategic issues that GTD supports. With the successes we've been experiencing in that arena, we're being asked more and more to help frame our work for larger corporate roll-out possibilities, and it's great to have people like Steve in our camp to better negotiate those often murky waters. (Steve's head of learning and development for a major biotech company).
Thinking at the fire...
Posted by David at December 18, 2005 05:26 PM
Comments
What exactly does a "head of learing" do? I suppose he's the one that gives people dirty looks when they make stupid comments in meetings?
Posted by: chris at December 19, 2005 05:11 AM
David here - Chris - thanks for the catch! (Fixed...)
Posted by: David at December 19, 2005 07:43 AM
I had an opportunity to hear Steve speak and to spend some time talking with him at the Innovation Convergence conference earlier this year in Minneapolis. Great guy - very savvy!
Posted by: Chuck Frey at December 19, 2005 07:54 AM
Would love to see GTD framed to the small but growing entreprenuer... someone who needs to harness tools to control an facilitate the chaos of starting up a company.
Ideally, this take on GTD would utilize only a pen and paper, so the concepts are clear, and once those principals are clear and utilized, individuals can add in their technology andd other tools as needed.
Posted by: M. Longfellow at December 19, 2005 09:00 AM
David here - I agree, for the small entrepreneur the GTD methods are critical. I actually learned most of what I know in this arena by working with my own and many other small businesses. Turns out the larger corporations have had the money and interest to invest in training and development using those principles; but now with the popularity of my books, we're moving into developing products and formats for the smaller enterprises. Mid-sized companies are now some of our best coaching clients.
Posted by: David at December 19, 2005 06:02 PM
I am entreprenuer working on my own small business. I discovered GTD earlier this year and I think a seperate book with techniques for entreprenuers would be a fascinating addition. But I think it is really tough as every job and business is different and requires different priorities and focuses. I recently had some telecoaching from one of your consultants David (Meg), which was really excellent to clear up some problems I was having with GTD. As soon as I did that I actually found a better way to implement an issue I had with running my business into GTD. So while I would welcome another book, I recommend to anyone having issues that they try the telecoaching. It is money well spent.
Posted by: Steven Kempton at December 19, 2005 11:19 PM
Please quantify here. Define small and medium.
Posted by: Cecilia at December 20, 2005 02:46 PM
David here - Cecilia, "Small" is a population of less than 50. "Mid-size" is usually 50 - 200 people.
Posted by: David at December 20, 2005 05:23 PM
Thanks, Sometimes you just need to ask.
Posted by: Cecilia at December 21, 2005 06:53 AM