127: Focusing a Team, with Ken Case

06/08/21 • 85 min

Ken Case joins us to talk about how the Omni Group focuses their work teams, the lessons they've learned from forced changes due to COVID, and the benefits of planning for disruption.

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Guest Starring:

Ken Case

Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content. The Omni Group OmniFocus Getting Things Done by David Allen | Amazon A World Without Email by Cal Newport | Amazon Mac Power Users #254: Reviewing GTD with David Allen Focused #116: The Big Reset Richard Feynman | YouTube Omni Roadmap 2021

Ken Case joins us to talk about how the Omni Group focuses their work teams, the lessons they've learned from forced changes due to COVID, and the benefits of planning for disruption.

This episode of Focused is sponsored by:

Memberful: Best-in-class membership software for independent creators, publishers, educators, podcasters, and more. Get started now, no credit card required.
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Guest Starring:

Ken Case

Previous Episode

126: Productivity vs. Grinding

Mike and David get into note-taking (and note-making), listener feedback, and the pesky problem of productivity vs. grinding.

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Links and Show Notes: Credits

The Hosts
Mike Schmitz
David Sparks

The Editor
Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano

Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content. Readwise renehernandez/obsidian-readwise: Sync Readwise highlights into your obsidian vault Focused #73: Productivity and Art with Bob Reynolds - Relay FM Line 6 Freewrite: Distraction-Free Writing Tools Is the cult of productivity finally over? - Focused - MPU Talk Logitech Craft Wireless Keyboard for Advanced Creativity & Productivity The Power of Obsidian's Local Graph – The Sweet Setup PKM Primer: An Introduction to Personal Knowledge Management for Creatives – The Sweet Setup Focused #122: Linking Your Thinking with Nick Milo - Relay FM The Now Habit by Neal Fiore Ikigai

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128: Communication

Mike and David tackle one of the most difficult subjects of focus, Communication.

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Links and Show Notes: Credits

The Hosts
Mike Schmitz
David Sparks

The Editor
Jim Metzendorf

The Fixer
Kerry Provanzano

Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content. Focus Mode and Contextual Computing — MacSparky 322: The Communication Episode | seanwes podcast Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People How to Win Friends & Influence People Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek