Book Recommendations for Getting Things Done

[Tom.9]

I absolutely recommend

Roger Von Oech: A Kick in the Seat of the Pants

He uses 4 "hats" you can wear while doing something:
explorer, artist, judge, warrior

It is full of good ideas how to become creative, while it is less theoretical and more imaginative than GTD.

However, I think his "hats" or phases correspond in some way to the GTD workflow:

explorer ~ mind sweep
artist ~ organizing
judge ~ processing
warrior ~ doing

[artsinaction]

I absolutely recommend
Roger Von Oech: A Kick in the Seat of the Pants
However, I think his "hats" or phases correspond in some way to the GTD workflow:

explorer ~ mind sweep
artist ~ organizing
judge ~ processing
warrior ~ doing

I love that you're able to compare those two... and you're right, they do seem to correspond, don't they! I especially like the explorer metaphor for the mind sweep. I often feel like I'm in unchartered waters, or at least trying to dredge through familiar waters that I've neglected or forgotten how to navigate.

Now back to warrior-ing...

Dena

[mcogilvie]

I use material from it occasionally in lectures. It's a good elementary introduction to analytical problem solving.