David Allen the world recognized productivity expert and creator of the Getting Things Done methodolgy and has joined the discussions going on at the Lotus Knows IdeaJam. Of particular interest is this comment he left on this idea:

Lotus needs to be very careful not to make the mistake Outlook and others have made, once a company "gets" that email is something to be managed - over-structuring and feature-creeping. What passes for "organization" for most people is rearranging incomplete piles of still-unclear things. Being organized simply means that where something is matches what it means; so deciding what it "means" is the critical prior step. GTD emerged from my research about what specifically needs to be decided about something before you'll know what to do with it (e.g. is there an action tied to this, or not?) Few software applications support that kind of executive decision-making; and without it, none of the additional gizmos will work.

David knows what he's talking about. He collaborated with Eric Mack and his team to create eProductivity to bring GTD to Lotus Notes.

You can read David's other comments he has made on the jam here.

Comment posted by Eric Mack08/21/2009 03:14:05 PM
Homepage: http://www.ericmackonline.com

You can experience GTD and Lotus Notes together by downloading the free trial of eProductivity here: http://www.eproductivity.com/gettingstarted

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