We welcome new Asian Efficiency team member Brooks Duncan on the show to chat with Mike about solutions to common corporate productivity problems. If you work for an organization and are trying to make productivity systems work for you in a corporate environment, this episode will help with ideas about meetings, distractions, email, and more.

Cheat Sheet

What Brooks learned about being productive while working for a company with thousands of employees

Essential tips for dealing with and overcoming corporate working environments that aren’t conducive to productivity

Strategies for getting deep work done in open office environments

The pros and cons of coworkers "dropping by"

What to do when you have too many meetings to attend and can't get any work done

Strategies for running a productive meeting

How to create company knowledge and documentation that is accessible to everyone

How to overcome a corporate email culture and take control of your email

The real cost of reply-alls and BCCs

How to maintain your own productivity when other people are telling you what to do

What to do when you find yourself dealing with constant distractions and interruptions

Why searching for email is actually faster than archiving messages in specific folders (and how to do it effectively)

Tips for getting out of your email as much as you can

Ways to influence the priorities within your company (even if you're not the boss)

Links

How to Run Effective Meetings w/ John Poelstra (TPS87)

How to Get Things Done at Coffee Shops and Cafes Like You Would at the Office

Going Paperless w/ Brooks Duncan (TPS7)

Getting Things Done

4-Hour Workweek

RescueTime

3 Things You need to Maximize Your Productivity (TPS121)

The Productivity Project

Sanebox

Hipchat

Confluence

Deep Work

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