At Work with The Ready

Brave New Work 39. Getting Things Done with David Allen


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We recorded this episode almost two months ago, and while so much has changed since then (look for an upcoming episode on DEI and BLM), the challenges we face sitting down at our computers every morning have not. They've only intensified. How are we supposed to move our work forward with everything that's going on out there in the world? And what is productivity when it's not defined by economists but by us?

In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans speak with David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, about how to define and achieve progress in a period of chaos and distraction.


Learn more about David Allen on LinkedIn and Twitter, or by reading his book Getting Things Done (2015 rev.).

Learn more about the Getting Things Done at the website.


Mentioned references:

  • Brian Robertson, co-founder of HolacracyOne
  • The law of requisite variety
  • holacracy
  • Ready for Anything (2004) by David Allen
  • Marie Kondo
  • The Organized Mind (2014) by Daniel Levitin
  • Successful Aging (2020) by Daniel Levitin
  • Getting Things Done Workbook
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