A lot has changed since the turn of the century twenty years ago. The average person today receives over 60 emails per day, and the number of instant messages, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Slack notifications can be overwhelming. Yet, with so many new inputs and digital distractions, the way we manage all these inputs has not changed in over twenty years.
Most productivity advice recommends we organise our tasks by projects. Given the definition of a project is any task that requires two or more steps to complete, we now have hundreds of projects to manage. Just keeping on top of all those projects takes up a disproportionate amount of time organising each day, leaving us with precious little time to get on with the work.
There must be a better, more effective way to manage our work in 2022. Well, there is.