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Flexible Working – How to Start the Conversation
Changing Work Pattern is a Challenge At Think Productive North America we are big fans of flexible working, and so are our Time Management Training participants. In fact, according to various studies, 87% of people have reported they are already, or would like to be, working flexibly. However, we still regularly get asked how to…
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4 Productivity Ninja Tips for Commuters
Productivity Tips for Your Commute More and more businesses embrace flexible work arrangements and remote working. However, the commute to and from the office, is still a big part of most peopls’s daily routine. For example, studies show that the average commute in the UK is 54 minutes. Even if we ignore the very common…
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Declutter Your Life
How to De-Clutter Your Life Clutter in any form or shape is the result of a lack of system. That is true whether it’s paper, email, electronic files, binders or books . You’ll know from our productivity training – a Productivity Ninja needs good systems in place. Both in your second brain and beyond. Decluttering…
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The Weekly Checklist: The Key to Ninja Productivity
The Weekly Checklist: The Key to Ninja Productivity Do you use a Weekly Checklist? If you have attended one of our Time Management Workshops or have read ‘How to be a Productivity Ninja’, you will already know how life changing a Weekly Review can be. For those of us that use it regularly, it’s probably…
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The Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro Technique is Easy! If you’ve attended our Productivity Training or have read the ‘How to be a Productivity Ninja‘ book, you will have heard of the Pomodoro technique. Whether you’ve heard of it and could do with a reminder, or you’re a complete newbie – we’ve summarized some useful information on how the…
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Boost Your Morning Productivity Through Creativity
Boost Productivity Through Creativity As the saying goes “The early bird catches the worm”. But for some of us, the only thing we catch in the early hours is the snooze button. Whether you’re an earlier riser or a snooze-master, there are a handful of quick exercises you can add to your morning routine which…
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8 Alternatives To (Long) Meetings
8 Alternatives To (Long) Meetings One of the most frequent questions we get in our productivity training is how teams can improve their meetings. Meetings have increasingly become a source of frustration and annoyance to many knowledge workers across all industries. Luckily, our team of Productivity Ninjas are on a mission to overall reduce the…
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Chairing Meetings Like a Productivity Ninja
Chairing Meetings Like a Productivity Ninja Depending on your role, you are probably spending 35% – 50% of your time in meetings. Without top-notch meeting skills from both the chair and participants, these meetings will be dreaded and feel like a waste of everyone’s time. Here at Think Productive North America we are big fans…
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The Daily Huddle
The Daily Huddle As you’ll know from our Facilitation Training, we are on a mission to change the way the world thinks about meetings. We want to help improve meeting skills, reduce the number of meetings being held, and make the ones you do attend ridiculously productive. One of those ridiculously productive and valuable meetings,…
