Increase Your Home and Work Productivity
Did you know that studies show ONLY 39% of our workday is on your core work! That’s a 61% of PRODUCTIVITY LOSS. Many things contribute to this; keeping the focus on real priorities, avoiding the noise is the secret.
So how do you avoid the ‘noise’?
Simple work changes can stop the pain of lost productivity by looking for a different way of organizing your work.
Calendars focus on schedule, not value
Your calendar is designed to organize the day. Perfect, but it doesn’t help you & your team prioritize and focus on valuable work.
Introducing Organization Board (Kaban)
Organization Boards or Kanban’s have been around in many forms. 1940s Toyota is credited with the unique Kanban concept. It has proven a reliable approach to solving a variety of business planning and focus from Restaurants to Medical Supply Chain and IT Projects. Every business can benefit from this way of organizing work.
Get the most of out of it
Here are Our brief tips for starting a Personal or Family Organization Board (Kaban)
Keep it Visual
Pick a location that is central to those that need to use it. Transparency goes a long way to ensuring everyone remains focused on the same goals.
Keep it Flexible
Start with simple supplies: whiteboard, painters tape and sticky notes. You want the flexibility to adapt when getting started.
Keep it Simple
Don’t overwhelm with too much rigour to start. Based on your needs, start small and grow into it using simple columns:
Personal – To Do, Doing, Done. Ideal for personal daily use to stay on track
Beginner – To Do, Doing, Target Date, Done. Great for small teams and low volumes of work
The next groupings are where outside support is essential to ensure the most success in using this new tool and skills.
Intermediate – Backlog, Prioritize, In Progress, Target Date, Done, add in Issue tracking, supported by some guiding rules and standard process. It is harder than it sounds to stick within 15 minutes maximum in reviewing the board
Advanced – Online solutions – Many tools can do this for you. Most companies already have the technology, but don’t know how to use them. While Teams are across many locations, it can be hard to grow into virtual Kanbans until the Team Members understand and have bought into the new way of organizing work through previous steps.
A simplified version of this can be used to create accountability for your kids.
Remember: If you show your kids, we didn't teach you this!
A classic board for use with Small Business or Teams. Buy keeping this visual and present in the office, teams are able to keep focus and open communication lines.
