David Allen

Author (“Getting Things Done”, Ready For Anything”), consultant, international lecturer, and founder of the David Allen Company, David is widely recognized as the world’s leading authority on personal and organizational productivityIn this interview David shares:

• » What led up to “Getting Things Done” – how he developed the methodology;
• » The personal milestone he most valued from writing “Getting Things Done”;
• » The strategic value of the concept of ‘clear space’;
• » How David’s personal role in David Allen Company has changed and how he has grown the company;
• » What he most enjoys doing personally, and how he has structured his day to achieve it;
• » Why it’s important for a team “to act alone as if we are in this together”;
• » The impact that ‘Predictable Success’ had on his concept of growing the David Allen Company;
• » The vital importance of “Managing the business, managing the culture, managing the brand”
• » How the GTD methodology works to change not just individuals, but entire organizations;
• » Dealing with holdouts who won’t ‘get on the bus’;
• » Getting out of Whitewater by using the Predictable Success methodology;
• » What David learned about mastery by studying martial arts, and what it means for succeeding in business;
• » What’s next for David, his company and “Getting Things Done”.

Find out more about David and “Getting Things Done” at http://www.DavidCo.com

(Running time is approximately 30 minutes.)

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