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Category Archives: Applications
Managing and Working Through That Ever Growing Reading List
If you are anything like me, you will have a monster reading list. Do you manage it? Do you focus on a few books at a time? If not, maybe you should, to better enjoy that fiction or help manage … Continue reading
Every Task is Sacred
One of the primary goals of a kanban is to make value explicit. When you spend your time doing something, the reward should be observable. Even if the task is vegging out, the reward is relaxation. You should engage in … Continue reading
Personal Kanban for Meaningful & Measurable Performance Evaluations
Personal Kanban can come in handy at performance review time. Continue reading
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Tagged assessments, efficiency, HR, office, performance review, retrospectives, reviews
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Visualizing the Flow: Polar-State Based Personal Kanban with Habit Trackers
James Mallison shared a bit of insight and I’m passing it along. In a recent post he discussed issues very close to what I call visualization and flow. He begins with a little story about Jerry Seinfeld: A couple of … Continue reading
GTD & Kanban: Series Overview
For a long time I have been a Getting Things Done (GTD) advocate in both my personal and professional life, starting from the basics and working my way up to a full blown implementation in various paper and electronic forms … Continue reading
On Time Sheets: Personal Kanban and Life's Little Annoyances
Timesheets are a universal drag. No one likes them. Personal kanban can give timesheets meaning. Continue reading
One Kid'z Kanban Board
Ready, Set, Go: Kidzban Makes Chores Clear and Fun! Continue reading
Making Waste Explicit
Noticing waste serves no purpose. Understanding it does. Whether we seek to manage waste or attempt to eliminate it entirely, we need to know how much of it exists and what form it takes – what’s its volume, its shape, its … Continue reading
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Tagged metrics, mochi, social, visual control
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Kidzban – Personal Kanban for Kids and Why it Works
Personal Kanban works for kids. Combining clear expectations with work flow in a game-like system equals fun! Continue reading
