Productive Leadership

If I understand it correctly, leadership is fundamentally about designing a way for people to contribute in making something remarkable happen. Therefore, it would be wise to study up on some ways to get work done effectively.

In this video, Jason Fried  at 37signals shares some unconventional (yet very practical) insight into how he has designed a his company to get work done in the most productive ways possible. 

Here are some key points I learned:

• Whatever gets things done is what matters.
• Work on increasing influence, not head count.
• Less structure is better. 
• You don't need to be big to do big things.
• The internet is the new "shelf-space. Anyone can find you, and nowadays it's through non-traditional channels.
• Proximity is an invitation to interrupt someone. 
• Interruption is the biggest enemy to productivity and destroys your Zone of Focus -  this is your mindset of getting work done, this is where you get your best work done. 
• Once interrupted, it takes a while to get back into your zone of focus.
• Getting together for a meeting should be the last resort, an exception and not the rule.

I love being and feeling productive! I love learning new ways to get more quality output in less time. This really helped me out significantly, I will think twice before interrupting someone while they're working.