Boosting Productivity

Boosting Productivity

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Exercise

Sleep enough...but get up early!

Do quick tasks immediately

Focus on your biggest tasks first

Multi-task!

Stop multi-tasking

Tune out distractions

Eat healthily

Drink lots of water

Take regular short breaks

Make a to-do list

Why this topic?

• Procrastinator extraordinaire

• Inspired by Dan Shipper's TED talk The unexpected key to boosting your productivity

‘Ever wished you could stop procrastinating and just be as efficient as a machine? Since you're a human, that's not going to happen -- but that's OK'

- Dan Shipper, CEO and co-founder of Every, a daily newsletter on business, AI and personal development

Observation

Of what's going on - without judgment.

Clear your own way

To getting more done

Awareness

When there's a problem with your productivity - need to overcome ignoring it.

Experimentation

With systems or teams, mindsets or tools.

Microsoft Power Apps

• Low-code app-building
• Uses templates and building blocks
• Can link to hundreds of different data sources, including SharePoint, SQL, Teams, Box
• Power Automate (formerly: Flow) - automated tasks; approval workflows

Power Apps overview

QUESTIONCan you think how current manual processes could be mapped to include more automation?