Thought leaders, influencers and professionals met in San Francisco in March 2009 for the inaugural GTD Summit. Watch David's heartfelt opening remarks about the world of GTD, followed by a candid interview by Guy Kawasaki. Sign up for the GTD Newsletter -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for ...
Apr 09, 2025•45 min
Prepare to be inspired by Simon Penhaligon's one-weekend implementation of GTD. After agreeing to take on twice his usual workload, Simon knew he needed a new way of working. Over one intense weekend, he listened to the Getting Things Done audiobook, and set up his system. Since getting into the GTD groove, Simon has been able to handle the expanded workload, while driving his inbox to zero daily, and still spending evenings and weekends with his wife and daughter. He uses Microsoft Outlook for ...
Apr 02, 2025•25 min
David Allen recently spoke with Luca Gambetti, whose company E-quality Italia is the certified partner for GTD in Italy. Their discussion centered around traditional and modern approaches to project management. Before becoming a GTD Master Trainer, Luca worked extensively as a project manager. He has a background in Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban and others. His key piece of advice about projects? Keep track of your achievements, and take time to savor them. Luca confidently says that with GTD, it i...
Mar 26, 2025•33 min
Back in 2015, David Allen and Brian Robertson had a discussion about GTD and Holacracy . In this new talk, they catch up about the current state of the intersection between individual and organizational productivity. You'll hear some interesting similarities between the two models, as well as some parallels in their history and purpose. You can listen to this entire conversation from March 2018 at GTD Connect® . Sign up for the GTD Newsletter -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect...
Mar 19, 2025•28 min
Please join David Allen as he talks with Steve Beimel about how GTD artfully ties in with revitalizing traditional Japanese master crafts. You can watch this entire conversation from July 2022 at GTD Connect® . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership opt...
Mar 12, 2025•26 min
Patrick credits GTD with enabling him to run his business and be present with family. He opened his space for makers in Portland in 2019. He soon found he needed a productivity system to manage the volume of work. That's when he found GTD, and dived into implementation. Now his makerspace Factory 3 is thriving, and he still maintains control and perspective with GTD. If the terms "maker" and "makerspace" are new to you, you're in for some fun learning. Who knows? You may find that you are a make...
Mar 05, 2025•27 min
David Allen and Ed Lamont talk about the Team book, and doing GTD with other people, whether in a professional or personal setting. You can watch a video version of this conversation from November 2024 at GTD Connect® . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membe...
Feb 26, 2025•28 min
In this Skills Lab, we take a deep dive into the Reflect step in the GTD workflow. With quizzes, exercises, and practice scenarios, this will be a valuable opportunity to fine-tune your GTD practice. You can watch a video version of this webinar from October 2022 at GTD Connect® . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free...
Feb 19, 2025•32 min
Office Hour Discussion - In support of GTD implementation and integration, we had a free-form hour (plus) of discussion. We talked about recurring projects, checklists, clarifying versus doing, verbs for projects and actions, and much more. You can watch a video version of this webinar from October 2022 at GTD Connect® . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, ...
Feb 12, 2025•36 min
Engage - Put your GTD skills to the test in this new Skills Lab webinar. We focused on the basics of the Engage step, including how you spend your time and choosing what to do. Through a set of fun quizzes, practice scenarios, and lively group discussions, this was a valuable opportunity to fine-tune GTD practice. You can watch a video version of this webinar from October 2022 at GTD Connect® . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all thin...
Feb 05, 2025•50 min
This was the first of several planned GTD Skills Lab webinars. In this installment, we focus on the fundamentals of projects and next actions. Through a set of fun quizzes, engaging practice scenarios, and lively group discussions, this is a valuable opportunity to fine-tune your GTD practice. You can watch a video version of this webinar from September 2022 at GTD Connect® . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD pr...
Jan 29, 2025•42 min
Are you among those who have not yet made the review a habit? Experience what David Allen calls the "critical success factor" with GTD, by going through a complete GTD Weekly Review. You'll experience all 11 steps of the process, with helpful discussion along the way. The silent time to work on each step is edited out, so you can pause the recording on any step for as long as you choose. For the clarifying diagram, you may find it useful to have the GTD Methodology Guides handy, from the top of ...
Jan 22, 2025•36 min
Jens Hynne Petersen is a longtime GTD enthusiast. He recaps his GTD journey, with the 2019 GTD Summit a highlight. He has been interested in paper systems, but discusses his preference for using a digital tool. His participation in the GTD community in Europe grew into a role as one of the primary organizers of what has become an annual event -- a GTD Summer Camp. It's a weekend event held near Copenhagen, Denmark that has a remarkably devoted core of repeating attendees. From the description Je...
Jan 15, 2025•41 min
We turned David Allen's formula for organizing into a webinar, and this recording is the result. It's good for all GTD practitioners, new or experienced. As you watch and listen, you may want to have available David's table showing examples of how Meaning Translates to Organization . You can watch this complete webinar from August 2024 at GTD Connect® . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around...
Jan 08, 2025•38 min
Noa and Idit of Skills Boutique share gems of wisdom in this interview. You will hear about how they started their company to address challenges in the future of work, and found that GTD has the tools to handle those challenges. They discuss how the language of GTD around outcomes and next actions creates a culture of trust. They also talk about the effect of culture on productivity, especially when employees feel they have to save the complex work for when they're home. You can watch a video ve...
Jan 01, 2025•34 min
Marcus Ramtohul is a musician, actor, model, husband, father, and . . . a GTD trainer! You'll hear him describe his move from a paper-based system to digital, as his life and responsibilities grew more complex in the last ten years. His creativity and humor shine through as he describes encouraging family and colleagues to adopt any of the GTD best practices. He talks about the subtlety of correctly defining next actions, assigning contexts, his customized contexts, and much more. You can find o...
Dec 25, 2024•53 min
Jerry Kolber really knows his GTD. He began his journey with a paper system, then was an early adopter of the Palm Pilot and later Palm devices, using Life Balance. He has steadily upgraded his system with newer apps, most recently OmniFocus and Things. With each of these tools, he has maintained a deep commitment to refining his approach to productivity and mindfulness. That has helped with his busy career in media production, including work on groundbreaking shows like "Sex and the City," "Que...
Dec 18, 2024•36 min
In this recording we discussed places in your workflow where decision fatigue can show up, ways to reduce the impact, and ways to recover. Here are links to points mentioned in the discussion. You can watch this entire conversation from August 2024 in its entirety over at GTD Connect . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress...
Dec 11, 2024•36 min
Join David for a fascinating talk with Frederik Pferdt , whose book is called What's Next is Now . You can watch this entire conversation from October 2024 in its entirety over at GTD Connect . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress-free productivity. Sign up for a free guest pass Learn about membership options Knowing how ...
Dec 04, 2024•16 min
We explore how careful clarifying leads to better lists and easier reviews. Includes Q&A with GTD Connect members. You will find it helpful to have the Clarifying Diagram (page 8) from the GTD Methodology Guides, available in letter and A4 sizes. You can watch this webinar from May 2024 in its entirety over at GTD Connect . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sh...
Nov 27, 2024•38 min
This webinar recording gives you hands-on practice with David Allen's instinctual, five-stage thought process for naturally planning your projects. You'll learn by taking several projects through defining purpose and principles, envisioning the outcome, brainstorming, organizing, and identifying next actions. The silent working time for planning has been edited out, so you can simply pause and take as long as you want for each segment. For your reference, the model is detailed on pages 10-11 in ...
Nov 20, 2024•23 min
In our most recent Office Hour, we considered several questions. How to know when the urge to change the tool is because of a limitation with the current tool, or when it is covering a GTD implementation issue? How far ahead can we know what potential actions a project will have, beyond the one next action? When to create sub-categories within a larger Read/Review category? You can watch this webinar from April 2024 in its entirety over at GTD Connect . -- This audio is one of many available at ...
Nov 13, 2024•37 min
In this webinar recording, we explore the best use of your calendar, and how your calendar relates to the three types of work that you do. If you are new to GTD, this will help you build a solid foundation to support your practice. If you are experienced, you can update your practice if changes are indicated. You can watch the entire webinar from March 2024 at GTD Connect . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD prac...
Nov 06, 2024•26 min
Are you among those who have not yet made the review a habit? Experience what David Allen calls the "critical success factor" with GTD, by going through a complete GTD Weekly Review. You'll experience all 11 steps of the process, with helpful discussion along the way. The silent time to work on each step is edited out, so you can pause the recording on any step for as long as you choose. For the clarifying diagram, you may find it useful to have the GTD Methodology Guides handy, from the top of ...
Oct 30, 2024•31 min
In this interview, David Allen talks with Andy and Tim Cotterill, a father and son who are both GTD enthusiasts. They run a family farm in the West Midlands of England. They also have a busy drainage and construction company, Cotterill Civils . Tim is also a student. Andy found GTD in 2013 when he was trying to keep pace with his growing business while still spending time with family. Tim started using GTD a couple of years later, when he needed it to manage his student workload. They share abou...
Oct 23, 2024•41 min
David Allen, Rick Kantor, and Robert Peake presented an inspiring look at how they create space for creativity to flourish. It's a lively discussion that included plenty of references to articles, books, and websites to support your creative explorations. You can watch the entire webinar from September 2017 at GTD Connect® . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, shari...
Oct 16, 2024•36 min
David Allen and Ed Lamont talk about the new book, Team: Getting Things Done with Others . The book is scheduled for publication in May 2024. In this recording, David and Ed share about why they wrote it, and how it can help teams of any size, whether they're comprised of colleagues at work, family members, or friends. -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, an...
Oct 09, 2024•14 min
Who knew that reading Getting Things Done would lead Emily to driving David Allen around Boston? After setting up and using her own system, she invited David to speak about GTD at her organization. That was a few years ago, and she's been encouraging colleagues to build in the GTD best practices ever since. You'll hear Emily describe her first system, and how she uses the app that she has been on in recent years. She's an inspiring example of productive work-life balance. You can watch the entir...
Oct 02, 2024•37 min
David has a fascinating conversation with Charles Duhigg, whose new book is Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection . Charles says, "With the right tools, we can connect with anyone." You can watch the entire conversation from February 2024 at GTD Connect® . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all things GTD. Join GTD practitioners from around the world in learning, sharing, and developing the skills for stress...
Sep 25, 2024•29 min
In this wide-ranging conversation, David and Gina DiRoma cover a variety of GTD topics. They even get around to GTD and improvisational comedy. Gina is the Corporate Events and Sales Director at SAK Comedy Lab , where the motto is "we make stuff up." That's a perfect complement to David's phrase, "Make it up, make it happen." You can watch the entire conversation from January 2024 at GTD Connect® . -- This audio is one of many available at GTD Connect, a learning space and community hub for all ...
Sep 18, 2024•28 min
