4 Responses

1. Internet

   http://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/downloads/publications/essentialsseriesofhandouts/in-trayexercise/fileuploadmax10mb,161411,en.pdf

   http://www.papworth.org.uk/downloads/intrayexercise_080917212835.doc

   http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/intray.htm

    

    

2. Do it Tomorrow

   You might want to consider Mark Forster’s excellent book Do It Tomorrow. 

   He challenges the idea of prioritising based on the urgent/important and that people develop a ‘will do’ list (what you can actually do in a day) rather than a ‘to do’ list (which is too long, idealistic and never gets completed).

   His challenging concept of Do It Tomorrow is definitely worth a read and ponder. I’ve used this for many of my time management workshops.

   Derek

3. Prioritisation Tool – Exercise

   Hi James

   Do visit and download a ppt slideshow I’ve posted on SlideShare @ http://www.slideshare.net/JimMcNeill/project-management-prioritising-tasks-by-when-you-need-to-do-them . You may have to register/log in first but it only takes a minute.

   The slides come complete with trainer’s notes.

   Have fun,

   Jim

4. Smarties do the trick

   Hi

   I used the ‘blue smartie’ exercise successfully for a time management course. 

   The exercise was a quiz on the subject of time, with the group split into two teams. 

   The winning team got to select their ‘prizes’. 

   I had a slide of prizes ranging from a box of chocolates to a luxury house, and different levels in between.  I also had a bag containing the same number of smarties as prizes. 

   Each member of the winning team had to select a smartie before they could choose a prize.  The trick was that if they picked the blue smartie, it was over – no more prizes.

   The idea was that they would choose the prizes of highest value first in case that was the last one they could choose.  The same with prioritising tasks – do the one that’s of most value to you first.  The question of what is most value is a separate, and interesting discussion.

   Hope that helps

   Chris