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We have talked about Matt Cornell before on our post “Matt’s idea blog on GTD and Faculty Productivity“.
When I first found his blog, Matt mentioned that…
[He] would work with three self-selected early faculty members, coach them in the method, and hopefully give the director enough information to decide if the results merited a larger follow-on effort.
His latest blog posts have been covering interviews with productivity personalities (book authors and bloggers, as well as practitioners and consultants). His posts are consistently good, which is somewhat rare in the blogosphere.
I have talked Matt into being ‘interviewed’ here at ap.com. But instead of doing an audio interview as we did with Mark Forster, this time we want to stick to text. The advantage is that this time you can submit your own questions; he will read them and try to answer them. You are getting direct access to a consultant who has experience helping academics, so use it wisely.
In any case, this sounds like a fantastic opportunity to follow up on his work with academics. How well does GTD adapt to the academic world? Has he been able to measure performance before and after adopting GTD?
Use the comments on this blog post to send your questions. One question per comment; if you have several questions please post them separately.
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AMA citation:
Quesada J. Ap.com’s interviews Matt Cornell: Submit your questions. Academic Productivity. 2008. Available at: https://academicproductivity.com/2008/call-to-action-submit-questions-for-apcom-interview-matt-cornell/. Accessed September 11, 2011.
APA citation:
Quesada, Jose. (2008). Ap.com’s interviews Matt Cornell: Submit your questions. Retrieved September 11, 2011, from Academic Productivity Web site: https://academicproductivity.com/2008/call-to-action-submit-questions-for-apcom-interview-matt-cornell/
Chicago citation:
Quesada, Jose. 2008. Ap.com’s interviews Matt Cornell: Submit your questions. Academic Productivity. https://academicproductivity.com/2008/call-to-action-submit-questions-for-apcom-interview-matt-cornell/ (accessed September 11, 2011).
Harvard citation:
Quesada, J 2008, Ap.com’s interviews Matt Cornell: Submit your questions, Academic Productivity. Retrieved September 11, 2011, from
MLA citation:
Quesada, Jose. "Ap.com’s interviews Matt Cornell: Submit your questions." 28 Jan. 2008. Academic Productivity. Accessed 11 Sep. 2011.
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January 28th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
As an academic, I have a lot of projects going at once and haven’t been able to maintain the action-based ToDo list over time. How can I keep the productivity process from becoming its own project taking over my time and attention?
January 29th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
As a budding academic myself, an interesting tension is finding a balance between being organized and relatively low-stress (via, for example, GTD style methodologies) and also being obsessive, and non-productive, when searching for a break through idea.
It seems that a lot of professors are either one or the other: organized, and middle of the road, or crazy but brilliant.
What are you thoughts on striking that balance? Any lessons learned from your GTD for faculty pilot program?
February 1st, 2008 at 3:11 pm
[...] to post questions to him for any non-academic things that worry you about implementing GTD: Ap.com’s interviews Matt Cornell: Submit your questions | Academic Productivity Best, -Jose __________________ My projects: Academic Productivity, a survival guide for the [...]
February 1st, 2008 at 3:16 pm
[...] been working with academic. There’s a post right now where you can submit your questions to him. Ap.com’s interviews Matt Cornell: Submit your questions | Academic Productivity I’m sure Matt charges some hefty fees for private consulting, so this is a good opportunity. [...]
February 1st, 2008 at 3:18 pm
[...] been working with academic. There’s a post right now where you can submit your questions to him. Ap.com’s interviews Matt Cornell: Submit your questions | Academic Productivity I’m sure Matt charges some hefty fees for private consulting, so this is a good opportunity. If [...]
February 3rd, 2008 at 3:43 am
What would be the number one tip/strategy an academic could use to be more productive?
February 3rd, 2008 at 3:44 am
Could you recommend other systems or methods besides GTD, or is GTD the best thing since sliced apple pie for academics?
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:29 am
Why do you think people want to be more productive (instead of sipping pina colada on the beach)? Because there’s an important portion of the internet posting about productivity (and people love it)!
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:38 am
You have been using social networks (i.e LinkedIn) as an important way to stay connected and find new clients. There seems to be two kind of people: those who swear by the new social networks, and those who claim that the end is near and that they are a supreme waste of time.
I was surprised finding some highly productive academics in facebook
. Can you tell us your views on this?
February 28th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Is it possible to become a successful academic without working crazy hours? My point being – there is a limit to how far being more efficient or productive will get you. And the more successful you become, the more work that typically entails, and bigger your next action list becomes.
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:16 am
[...] everyone. Thanks very much for your great questions, and for having me here. Following are my answers, some thoughts on academic productivity, and some [...]