Book Review: Holding Fast

by Bruce Keener // September 20, 2015 // No Comments

When the publishing company Thomas Nelson asked if I would like to review Karen James’ Holding Fast: The Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy, I agreed to do so: after my wife passed away, I became interested in how... Continue reading →

Is Technology Hurting Us? You Can Win the Battle if You Try

by Bruce Keener // September 4, 2015 // No Comments

You multitask, don’t you? A typical example of it is reading email and/or Twitter or RSS feeds while “listening” to a phone call or “participating” in a meeting. We do it for at least a couple of reasons: We think... Continue reading →

Short Review: Making It All Work

by Bruce Keener // September 2, 2015 // No Comments

I’ve just finished reading David Allen’s Making It All Work and thought I’d share my impressions with you. First off, a little bit about how I read it. It is a short book, and I probably could have read it... Continue reading →

The Twitter Book [Review]

by Bruce Keener // August 26, 2015 // No Comments

As little as a year ago, I had a negative view of Twitter. I thought it was a time-waster and hoped it was a passing fad: I was concerned that it would turn everyone into time-wasting dummies. But, after seeing... Continue reading →

Get Into the Details

by Bruce Keener // August 15, 2015 // No Comments

We have often discussed the importance of keeping the Big Picture in mind. But, perhaps I have not emphasized enough that a Big Picture is not accurate/trustworthy if it’s not based on a good knowledge of details. This point was... Continue reading →

Learn from Steve Jobs via John Sculley

by Bruce Keener // August 9, 2015 // No Comments

Whether you like Steve Jobs or not, you do yourself a disservice if you are not open to learning from him. He took a company that was on the verge of going under, Apple, and catapulted it to overtake Microsoft... Continue reading →

Reminder About Entrenched Thinking

by Bruce Keener // August 3, 2015 // No Comments

Science is the best tool we have for discovery and learning, because it encourages us to modify our theories when they don’t prove out. As with any human endeavor, though, science is imperfect. Lee Smolin gives a great example of... Continue reading →

Having Projects You Are Committed To

by Bruce Keener // July 28, 2015 // No Comments

This article describes how I procrastinated on some projects over the past few weeks. I share this with you because the trap I fell into is one we can all fall into. The root cause of the problem: assigning projects... Continue reading →

Using Gmail Within Your Projects

by Bruce Keener // July 11, 2015 // No Comments

It’s a good practice to have all project material in one place, even emails, and Gmail makes it easy to do. The way Gmail helps you with this is by giving each email conversation a unique web address, or URL... Continue reading →

Managing Open-Ended Projects

by Bruce Keener // June 24, 2015 // No Comments

Most of you probably use your computers and smartphones for managing projects, making use of software such as Outlook, OneNote, Remember The Milk, OminFocus, and so on. So do I (OmniFocus on my iMac and iPhone.) But there are some... Continue reading →