Stationery Adjacent

By Justin Twyford and Stuart LennonBusiness Management

Stationery Adjacent episodes

July 07, 2021 Episode 17 - Sabbaticals
Sitting on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Justin and Stu disagree on the effectiveness and implementation of Sabbaticals. We have a great discussion about the cultural differences between our two similar backgrounds.
Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/017
Links
Stationery Adjacent
Nero’s Notes
Stuart Lennon
Write Experience
Justin Twyford
53 min
June 30, 2021 Episode 16 - An Inky Disaster in Your Trousers!
Justin has a problem. His new index card system is working surprisingly well. But a card a day feels ephemeral and he is not sure how to bring a daily notebook back into his workflow. Stu to the rescue with some interest discussion, challenging ideas, and an excellent takeaway for the week.
Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/016
Nero’s Notes
Stuart Lennon
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Write Experience
Justin Twyford
48 min
June 23, 2021 Episode 15 - Music for Deep Work
Can music help deep work? Justin argues that the triggers that music creates can be a valuable prompt for deep work time blocks. He may have convinced Stuart and at least gave him lots of homework. And, of course, we talk fountain pens.
Show notes
Stationery Adjacent]
Nero’s Notes
Stuart Lennon
Write Experience
Justin Twyford
55 min
June 16, 2021 Episode 14 - Productive (or) Procrastination?
James Clear states "Planning and preparation are useful until they become a form of procrastination", and Stu and Justin discuss how true this is, and how we try to overcome our own tendency to procrastinate through productivity planning.
Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/014
Stationery Adjacent
Nero’s Notes
Stuart Lennon
https://writeexperience.com
Justin Twyford
52 min
June 09, 2021 Episode 13 - Indexing (and an intro to PKM)
Prompted by an interesting Austin Kleon blog post, Justin and Stu discuss indexing. Do you index your notebooks? We then discuss Obsidian, an new PKM software, and wonder how we can use this digital tool for our indexing and workflow needs.
Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/013
1 hr 12 min
June 02, 2021 Episode 12 - Corporate Motivation
Justin and Stu talk about corporate motivation and the differences between the entrepreneurial and corporate environments. Stu has some timely examples of the how the differences affect us.
Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/012
1 hr 4 min
May 26, 2021 Episode 11 - Collaboration Tools
One tool to rule them all? Justin and Stu discuss our process for looking at some of the more common collaboration tools, refine our decision process, and provide some guidelines in case you are looking to implement a similar tool in your life.
Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/011
56 min
May 19, 2021 Episode 10 - Podcasts We Listen To
As well as making podcasts, Justin and Stu listen to lots of them as well. In this episode we discuss some of our favourites and you give our suggestions for other listening entertainment.
https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/010
1 hr 18 min
May 13, 2021 Episode 9 - Accountability (are town hall meetings corporate masturbation?)
Accountability. Corporate. Personal. Justin and Stu discuss the pros and cons of personal accountability and give some ideas of how we achieve our own systems.
Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/009
1 hr 23 min
May 05, 2021 Episode 8 - A Deep Dive On Our Analog Tools
Justin and Stu take a deep dive in the multitude of stationery items that we routinely use. Notebooks, pens, pencils, holders, oh my!
Show notes at:
https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/008
Stationery Adjacent
Nero’s Notes
Stuart Lennon
Write Experience
Justin Twyford
1 hr 14 min