Category Archives: Primers

Personal Kanban Conversations – 3 Podcasts

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Jim Benson

Three Podcasts this year, more to come. Take a listen. Continue reading →

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The Retrospective Column

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Jim Benson

When we make our work and our process explicit, and we do retrospectives, it makes sense to have a retrospective column in our Personal Kanban. The thought here is fairly simple: at the beginning of each day move tasks from … Continue reading →

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The Priority Filter: A Tutorial

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Jim Benson

Prioritization is often even more difficult and daunting as the tasks that confront you. A priority filter in your Personal Kanban helps you determine what tasks are ready in your queue, and the order of importance they should assume.  Click … Continue reading →

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Urgent and Important: Incorporating your existing tools into Personal Kanban

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Jim Benson

We’ve devised Personal Kanban to adapt to any system you might currently use (unless of course your preferred  system is utter chaos). The only two rules are visualize your work and limit work-in-progress (WIP). PK’s main goal is to get … Continue reading →

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Boosting Productivity and Learning with Spikes

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Jim Benson

Is there something you don’t know? Almost everyday it seems we are faced with having to learn something new. Some of those things are trivial and easy to accomplish, while others are important and a more than a little daunting … Continue reading →

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Rapture – Training Your Mind for Completion

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Jim Benson

Don’t strain your brain, paint a train You’ll be singing’ in the rain… – Blondie Your brain is a muscle. As we repeat certain actions, our “muscle memory” becomes comfortable with those actions, and programs itself to anticipate them. As … Continue reading →

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Save the Date! Jim Benson Featured Guest on Yi-Tan Call

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Tonianne DeMaria Barry

Save the date! Monday, January 4th at 10:30 PST/1:30 PM EST for the weekly 40-minute Yi-Tan Tech Community call hosted by Jerry Michalski and Pip Coburn. The topic? Personal Kanban, of course! Call, listen, and chat with Jim Benson (@ourfounder … Continue reading →

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Tools Talk: Julia Child Understood the Nature of Work

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Jim Benson

While expertise, good humor, humanity, and care are words that immediately come to mind when describing Julia Child, the iconic chef personified something else – she understood the nature of her work. She recognized the role it played, the value … Continue reading →

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Towards a Leaner Santa: Holiday "Do" Date-ban

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Tonianne DeMaria Barry

Chalk it up to a decade with the nuns and my time as a Girl Scout (always be prepared!), but I obsess over details. Having my “stuff” in one bag or my proverbial ducks in a row is how I … Continue reading →

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WIP can be Imposed

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Jim Benson

Please don’t feel bad if you find you’ve lost control of your WIP. The two rules of Personal Kanban: 1. Visualize Your Work 2. Limit WIP With a little practice, #1 becomes easy…second nature, even. Number 2 is, well, pretty … Continue reading →

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