
It’s the only group task organisation tool we’ve been able to make stick – and don’t be put off if you’re solo, any process that has multiple phases could benefit from Trello. We also set some rules for what tasks can go into Trello, like ‘has to take more than an hour and less than a week’ and ‘don’t touch anyone else’s board or you get a smackdown’. OK then, here goes: during weekly meetings we work out what needs to be done, and turn these tasks into ‘cards’ in Trello.Īt any moment, I can go into a team member’s board, see what’s in their queue, what they’re working on right now, and what they’ve done this week. Calm down big guy, just tell us what it does. Trello is a SAAS that uses a Kanban workflow… whoa whoa whoa, nerd alert. Note: some of these tools have disappeared since this article was first written, but most of them are still alive and kicking! Organisation / Productivity / Efficiency Trello
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We use Macs, but many of these are web-based tools or have Windows versions. They’re certainly not exhaustive, but they’re the tools that bring everyday value to our team. So we need to find tools to fight this temptation, and beyond that, run an efficient business operation from a mobile base.īelow are 15 tools we use.

Unfortunately, time spent streaking is inversely related to income (unless you happen to have a certain type of body, which I do not).

You think you’re on a roll, yet somehow jerk awake in the office bathroom, pale and clammy, after overdosing on Instagrams of your colleagues’ tropical getaways just to avoid working. He interrupted his daily streak along a tropical beach long enough to to tell us all about the tools he uses to run his physical product business from the road…īeing productive is tough at the best of times. Jimmy is one half of the dynamic duo behind the Minaal bags, fantastic pieces of luggage and Kickstarter phenomenons.
