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Productivity tips and tricks come in all shapes and sizes – and from every corner of the world. One of our favourite examples of unorthodox productivity, and one that you could even introduce to your own workplace, is the Swedish tradition of “fika”. In Swedish culture, fika is essentially the idea of taking a coffee-and-cake…

Following on from the difficulties of September, October 2013 continued to be difficult for Graham. Think Productive was busier than ever, increasing stress levels in the office to the highest they had ever been and with Graham having to balance his time between his work and his family, times were becoming more and more difficult.…

September 2013 was supposed to be Graham’s first trip to Australia. Planned for over a year, Graham was going to give a keynote at Australia’s biggest volunteering conference, run some productivity masterclasses in Oz’s coolest cities and go and meet his new Australian publishers ahead of ‘How To Be A Productivity Ninja’ launching there in 2014. …

How many of us really switch off during our holiday time anymore? Even when we’re abroad and trying to relax, the temptation to check our emails and keep on top of everything thats going on before we get back can sometimes just be too much. After the last seven months of productivity experiments, I felt…

One of the most striking Productivity Ninja characteristics is using unorthodox practices to improve their productivity. What do we mean by this? Well, to name a few examples, having standing meetings, leaving the office without your smartphone for your lunchbreak and working somewhere new once in a while. Our blog post on how unorthodoxy could…

Unorthodoxy is the fifth characteristic of the Productivity Ninja – and the theme of the month here at Think Productive. When applied properly, an unorthodox approach to work can have profound benefits on your productivity, defying the conventions of traditional time management training. So, what exactly does Unorthodoxy mean to the Productivity Ninja? Knowing that…

Our ‘Getting Your Inbox To Zero’ In-House Workshops have been a big hit in offices across the world. By keeping our promise of having the whole team’s inbox to zero by the end of our email training, our Productivity Ninja’s have seen the relief on people’s faces when they realise that an empty inbox really…

Graham Allcott, our founder and best-selling author of ‘How to be a Productivity Ninja’, spent 2013 delving into 12 different extreme productivity experiments. Those of you who follow our blog will know that we’ve been looking back at the experiments and asking Graham how they’ve made a difference to his own productivity two years on.…

The summer was approaching and as he was getting half way through the calendar year, Graham decided to delve back into looking at how changing his working hours can affect productivity. It was time to flip the 9 to 5 working day that we all tend to work (As pointed out famously by music icon…

On the fifth month of the year of Graham’s Extreme Productivity Experiments in 2013, for an experiment with a negative twist too it: Maynia! This month, Graham tried to throw out everything that him and Think Productive usually preaches by being as disorganised as possible and go with the flow of how things go, for…