Brainstorming lets you speculate without restriction, but your ideas must be checked against reality.Be realistic about what options are actionable, and then take the next steps.
Encourage teammates to submit ideas into a single project. Then, have everyone like their favorites and sort them based on that.
Your brain is for thinking, not for storing a long list of random things you need to do. "When you're juggling a lot of tasks, things will fall through the cracks, and lists are amazing for keeping yourself on target and getting things done," says Paula Rizzo, author of Listful Thinking: Using Lists to Be More Productive, Highly Successful, and Less Stressed .
Look at everything on your to-do list and ask yourself, ‘Am I the only person who can do this?’
Anything that can be given to someone else should be put on an outsource list.
While outsourcing takes the extra time upfront to train someone else on the task, it saves you time later, which can be used to focus on the things you do have to do.
One step at a time: You know breaking projects down into small to-dos is a sure-fire way to get things done. But why? In this blog post, we explore the scientific reasons why microproductivity is an effective method for completing tasks efficiently.