Beyond Busy

Graham talks to Beat Buhlmann, General Manager of Evernote in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Evernote has more than 200 million users worldwide, and employs around 350 people. They discuss virtual teams, collaboration, digital communication hygiene and the power of small wins.

**Tip from Beat:**

When writing a difficult email, leave the email address until the very end, so you don't send it by accident or in frustration.

Beat Buhlmann's "triple overload" (data, communication and cognitive), in numbers:

* The data we produce doubles **every 14 months**

* The average knowledge worker spends **2 hours a day searching** for information

* A knowledge worker spends, on average, **80% of time in the inbox**

* **Every 3-5 minutes** , an average knowledge worker gets interrupted

* It takes **10-15 minutes to get attention back** after being interrupted

Graham Allcott is the founder of time management training company Think Productive.

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Graham talks to Laura Willis about mindfulness and fixing the relationships we have with our smartphones.

Laura runs Shine Offline, a company that aims to help people break negative habits around smartphone use and the always-on lifestyle.

Shine Offline - Laura's company

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU https://www.ted.com/talks/manoush_zomorodi_how_boredom_can_lead_to_your_most_brilliant_ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbYScltf1c

Irresistible: Why you are addicted to technology and how to set yourself free, by Adam Alter

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Graham talks to standup comedian Josie Long about empowering young people, surviving trolls, and balancing public and personal life. (This episode contains very strong language.)

https://www.twitter.com/artsemergency/status/683936499788845056

Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities, by Rebecca Solnit

Lefty Scum - Josie's show with Grace Petrie and Jonny & the Baptists:

* Sun 29 Oct: Theatre Royal, Margate

* Mon 30 Oct: The Yard Theatre, London

* Wed 01 Nov: The Old Market, Brighton

* Thu 02 Nov: The Y Theatre, Leicester

* Fri 03 Nov: Manchester Dancehouse

* Sun 05 Nov: The Stand, Newcastle

* Mon 06 Nov: The Crescent, York

* Tue 07 Nov: The Stand, Edinburgh

* Wed 08 Nov: The Wardrobe, Leeds

* Thu 09 Nov: Everyman Theatre, Liverpool

Thank you hater: comedian hits back at trolls in mock tribute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6kjEtyLO8U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkJ-ZOTsplo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0-toQqNjkA

Oliver Burkeman is Busy - BBC Radio 4 programme

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Graham talks to Ugandan lawyer Abudu Sallam Waiswa about integrity, deal-making and going toe-to-toe with a pop superstar.

As a younger man, Abudu sold chickens, worked in debt collection, sold TV time to Premier League addicts and has most recently completed a two-year masters degree, after attending Nottingham Trent University remotely from Uganda.

Find Abudu on LinkedIn

Concise Work Book on Fundamentals of Commercial Law in Uganda, Abudu's book

Boda boda defined in Wikipedia

Jose Chameleone, the popstar Abudu successfully pursued for tax evasion

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Graham talks to TV chef and "career chameleon" Lorraine Pascale about positivity, productivity and boundary-pushing.

Lorraine's blog post on mental health and fitness

What Color is Your Parachute? - a book on career change

Follow Lorraine on Twitter and Instagram

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Graham meets the chair of the School of Computing and Information Systems at Athabasca University, Jon Dron.

They discuss people and systems, the meaning of productivity, communicating with crowds and social networking.

Jon's website

Teaching Crowds: Learning & Social Media - the book Jon co-wrote with Terry Anderson

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Graham talks to "free-range human" Marianne Cantwell about burnout, liminality, conformism, groupthink and identity.

Marianne is a speaker, author, businessperson and the founder of Free Range Humans which helps people "escape the cage" and live life on their terms.

Be a Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills - Marianne's book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnooCepNZv4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6XvFgiVeuE

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Graham talks to "customer-centric" CTO of Teradata, Stephen Brobst.

They discuss Big Data, advising the Obama administration, and the freedom of not being tied down by "stuff".

Stephen was named one of the top four CTOs in the US, rarely spends more than five days in the same place, and doesn't own a car or a house.

Stephen's Wikipedia entry

Google's blood-sugar-tracking contact lens

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Graham talks to serial entrepreneur Mike Bandar about contentment, ambition, success and challenging oneself.

Turn Partners: Mike's business

Hopper HQ: the Instagram scheduling tool Listen to the Ben & Jodie Cooke episode of Beyond Busy

What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial? - study by Saras D Sarasvathy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IJlHfw43mQ

Society for Effectual Action

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Graham talks to Asher Jacobsberg about small-p politics, separating politics and democracy, empowering and engaging a local community, and giving oneself permission to spend some personal time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBa15YbSAC0

Lordship Hub Co-op - the local community space Asher helped to set up and run

Smart School Councils Community - Helping young people to become active, democratic citizens

Involver - Asher and Greg's youth-orientated social enterprise

Graham's blog post on his sabbatical

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