Tag: complex situations

Cynefin and GTD: the weekly review as a sense-making practice

The Getting Things Done (GTD) weekly review is often described as essential maintenance for your productivity system. You gather loose papers, process your inboxes, download your head, update your projects and review your calendar. This keeps your system current and trustworthy.

But the weekly review can do something deeper. It can help you notice when your understanding of a situation is no longer accurate.

Seen through Cynefin, the weekly review becomes a regular opportunity to notice what has changed and adapt our response.

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Cynefin and GTD: when your next action is an experiment

In Getting Things Done, a next action is the next visible, physical activity needed to move something forward.

That might mean:

  • email the completed proposal
  • telephone the garage
  • book the appointment
  • proofread the final chapter

These actions move us towards completion. But in an uncertain situation, we may not yet know which route will produce the outcome we want.

Sometimes the next action needs to help us learn.

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