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Human At Work (HighEdWeb 2014 "Best of Conference" winner)
The document outlines a personal case study on improving productivity and habits in the workplace, drawing from experiences in higher education. It emphasizes setting specific goals, being honest with oneself and others, embracing mistakes, and utilizing tools effectively to enhance work performance. Key strategies include managing email usage, scheduling tasks, maintaining routines, and fostering positive relationships with colleagues.
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Human At Work (HighEdWeb 2014 "Best of Conference" winner)
- 1. HUMAN AT WORK Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Get Better at My Job 2014 HighEdWeb Annual Conference October 19-22 — Portland, OR #HEWEB14 #MPD9
- 2. I IV U Hello O
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- 4. A Case Study of Myself
- 5. Challenges I’ve struggledwith since I started in Higher Ed Goals for changing my habits and improving my productivity Tools and tactics I have been exploring to achieve those goals Lessons learned along the way
- 6. This is not a talk about "Work Hacks"
- 7. How to bean imperfect human who gets stuff done
- 8. "In the Beforetime… in the Long, Long Ago…"
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- 15. This is mostof my job
- 16. And sometimes alsothis: +
- 17. I understood how websites work. I didn’t know how mar-com offices work.
- 18. Stuff I wasn’t prepared for • Shifting responsibilities • Staffing turnovers • Changes in strategic priorities • Planning for what is consistent • Preparing for the unexpected
- 19. I couldn’t seethe road AND I was drowning
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- 25. What specific goalswill help me get better at my job?
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- 30. "Our problem isn’t information overload; it’s potential meaning overload." - David Allen bit.ly/GTDmpu219
- 31. How I learnedto stop worrying about all the things and get better at my job.
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- 33. Goal: wake upin the morning Tool: an alarm clock Habit: set the alarm for 6:00 am
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- 35. Five Goals forBeing a Productive Human
- 36. Goal #1: BE HONEST
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- 39. Subjective Honesty •what you know in your gut to be true • the stuff we lie to ourselves about • internalized priorities • accuracy when interpreting our performance
- 40. Objective Honesty •measuring and capturing data • developing reports from that data • analyzing progress over time • maintaining a record
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- 45. Honest with others • don’t exaggerate your abilities or bandwidth • admit when you don't understand something • admit to your mistakes • give the feedback you would want to hear
- 46. Goal #2: BE UNAFRAID
- 47. Mistakes are howwe learn.
- 48. "I have no idea what I’m doing, but I know I’m doing it really, really well." - Andy Dwyer
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- 50. Don’t be intimidated by those rock stars. http://abcn.ws/1FoHJRA
- 51. Let Go of Irrational Fears • Change and the unfamiliar • New Tools • Gossip and rumor • Ebola
- 52. Don’t be overwhelmed by complexity
- 53. U/Aatto 4-WHEN LOST IN ThE WOODS A CLEAR HEAD WILL FIND ITSF. If everyone remwbered this, there would be fewer reports of persons lost in the mountain and forests, according to United States Forest Service rangers. Merely being out of sight of others in a strange forest gives ny a man the creeps- a natural feeling but a dangerous ore. Never yield to it. In the mountains the grip of panic is too often the grip of death. "Firilirig oneself then lost is the test of a man," says a vete ran of the Forest Service who s seen n, n and even child-ren save themselves by sheer pluck and preserte of mind. Loss of ntal control is more serious than lack of food, water, clothing or possible proximity of wild animals. The man 'io keeps his head has t best ch arx e to ce through in safety. The following helpful rules are worth rmbering:- Stop, sit down and try to figure out ithere you are. Use your head, not your legs. If caught by night, fog, or a storm, stop at otice and make camp in a sheltered spot. Build a fire in a safe place. Gather plenty of dry el. Don't wander about. Travel only down hill. If injured, choose a clear spot ona prcontory and .ke a signal smoke. Don't yell, don't run, n't worry, and above all, don't quit. If caught out toward nightfall, the traveler is urged to tind a shelter quickly- a ledge, a Large houlder or a fa1li tree- clear a sp*ce of ground arii build a fire. If without a bla.nk., he may build his fire in a deep hole, cover six incks of hot coaLs with six Inches of earth and sleep on this. Failing fire, cme shoild use leaves and branches to shelter himself as best he can. A boy (over)
- 54. Goal #3: BE MINDFUL
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- 56. Focus Your Time and Attention
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- 58. Use your tools, don’t let them use you.
- 59. Use good habits to keep your tools sharp and ready
- 60. OUR PRIMARY TOOLS: Email Tasks Calendars Meetings
- 61. APPLE USER BIAS (Not Yet)
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- 63. The average officeworker spends 28% of their day reading, writing, or responding to email. - McKinsey & Company, 2012 http://bit.ly/1zdGtjB
- 64. My Email Usein September 2014 RescueTime reported email = 22% DeskTime reported email = 23%
- 65. EMAIL IS AWESOMEFOR: • Communicating information and ideas to individuals or groups • Documenting and archiving information • Sending assets and files • Viral sharing
- 66. EMAIL IS NOT: • A telephone • Instant messenger • A project management system • The boss of you
- 67. Turn off thoseinbox notification icons. Fetch email, don’t push. (if something is truly urgent, there are better options than email for letting me know)
- 68. #MakingFetchHappen Thank you@nagmay!
- 69. Create an emailhabit.
- 70. This is mine: 1. Decide if this needs to be acted on now or later. 2. If it takes less than 2 min. then do it now. 3. Get what I need for other work, send what I need to send. 4. Be quick but thorough. Pay attention to details. 5. Quit mail app until ready for it again.
- 71. Use Rules to Filter and Focus
- 73. Use keyboard shortcuts System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts
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- 79. “The most difficult thing you can do, and the most helpful thing, is to pick one thing.” –Merlin Mann bit.ly/b2wpdcst
- 80. Task Habits •Capture and get them out of your head • Organize them with project milestones and deadlines • Review and update regularly • Seriously, review and update your tasks weekly if you can
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- 82. Social Media isa task for me.
- 83. Social Media •Too distracting if it’s always there • Block time when I need to use it as part of my job. • Use for personal Twitter content @DaveCameron bufferapp.com
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- 85. Calendar Habits •Schedule focused work periods • Schedule break periods • Review and update regularly • Communicate
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- 90. Meeting Habits •Be in the meeting, not on your phone • Capture decisions and next actions • Report and share • Use Email & Tasks & Calendar to be sure you follow through
- 91. Two Notepads •Large notebook just for capturing meeting notes and doodles. • Small yellow pad for random other stuff triggered by meetings.
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- 93. Goal #4: BE ACTIVE http://bit.ly/1yGTq4o
- 95. Our Bodies, OurRoutines
- 96. How do ourdaily routines affect us? Disrupt them and you’ll feel it.
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- 98. Goals Tools HabitsRoutines
- 99. Goal: wake upin the morning Tool: an alarm clock Habits: • set the alarm for 6:00 am • hit snooze when it wakes me • finally turn off alarm • head to the shower…
- 100. My Routine Usedto Be
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- 103. Start with a card trick (seriously)
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- 106. "Everything In ItsPlace"
- 107. “Un-complicate yourself.” –Marcus Aurelius
- 108. Give Yourself TheGift of Fewer Decisions
- 110. Habit Minder Apps Learning New Skills by Building New Habits
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- 114. My office inFebruary
- 115. My office inOctober
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- 118. THESE are my HEADPHONES ! There Are Many Like Them, But THESE Are Mine.
- 119. Music & Sound Collaborative Playlists Human at Work: Focus bit.ly/heweb14_HAWfocus !! Human at Work: Boost bit.ly/heweb14_HAWboost
- 120. Goal #5: BE NICE
- 121. Be Nice toYour Fellow Humans
- 122. Be a ProudMember of Your Team • Support your co-workers • Give a heads-up when you can • Take ownership of your role • Don’t cheat • Be at least a little bit social
- 123. Communicate This iswhere "Push" can be better than "Fetch"
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- 126. Take a RealVacation
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- 128. (unless you’re atHighEdWeb)
- 129. “No matter howyou feel, get up, dress up and show up.” –Regina Brett
- 130. (But please don’t come to the office if you’re actually sick.)
- 131. Treat others theway you want to be treated.
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- 133. HONEST UNAFRAID MINDFUL ACTIVE NICE
- 134. HONEST UNAFRAID MINDFUL ACTIVE NICE
- 135. H ONEST UNAFRAID M INDFUL A CTIVE N ICE
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- 137. H U MA N
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- 140. "There’s only onething that I know how to do well And I've often been told that you only can do What you know how to do well And that's be you, Be what you're like, Be like yourself…" –They Might Be Giants "Whistling in the Dark"
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- 146. O IV U M I Hooray!
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- 148. Don’t miss thisthe slides from another presentation that bookended this one very nicely at HighEdWeb 2014: @JesseLavery slideshare.net/jesselavery/
- 149. @KarlynMB Karlyn gaveanother amazing presentation from our conference track that you must check out: zenworkplace.com/playingpolitics karlynruns.org
- 150. Apps rescuetime.com desktime.com 1secondeveryday.com
- 151. Podcasts @HigherEdLive "2014Work Hacks" (05/22/14) - bit.ly/hel2014 "Work Hacks and Getting Stuff Done" (01/24/13) -bit.ly/hel2013 Episode #185 - bit.ly/b2wpdcst with Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin discussion of email Episode #219 - bit.ly/GTDmpu219 with David Allen, author of "Getting Things Done"
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- 153. bit.ly/HumanAtWork @DaveCameron SketchRockwell by Artill Fonts http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/sketch_rockwell.htm