Time and motion

Electronic and communications technology is a wonder. It enables us to be so much more productive especially when that productivity is all about the tasks of organization and information creation and sharing.

Which is the case in my case.

In fact my own ‘time and motion’ study shows that I have the following activities only.

1. Laptop
2. Phone
3. Talking to people
4. Fluffing off at a cafe, or squash or something. I claim I am always ‘working’ during this category, but its subconscious…
5. Transport – cycling mostly. The odd cab.

Query to self. Is this what I really want to do? [pondering]

Back to IT and related technologies. There is a trap in becoming very efficient at their use, namely the temptation to overload yourself with activities, simply because you can. It’s all good when things are going well but just occasionally the wheels wobble and then you find out that you have taken on far too much. I suspect it is best to leave a 30% headroom for spare capacity just so there is a safety margin.