In this Ninja Skill Booster , you’ll learn 5 essential tips to enhance your productivity and collaboration skills in Microsoft Teams. You’ll gain practical insights on how to manage your tasks more efficiently, communicate effectively with your team, and leverage Teams’ capabilities to boost your overall productivity. You’ll learn new skills for using Microsoft Teams to its fullest, making your workday smoother and more efficient.

Date: 26 March 2025

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

Elena Kerrigan's session presents a thoughtful, psychology-driven framework for leveraging Slack and similar platforms not just as communication tools but as strategic enablers of positive, resilient, and inclusive team cultures. By focusing on intentional leadership behaviors, transparent communication, recognition, and psychological safety, managers can create engaging remote and hybrid environments where people feel seen, valued, and motivated. The session balances practical Slack tips with deeper cultural principles, making it both actionable and inspirational for anyone responsible for leading teams in today’s evolving world of work.

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00:00 – Welcome & Housekeeping
01:25 – Session Format & Chat Guidelines
03:13 – Purpose of the Session & Audience
05:04 – Slack at Think Productive: Culture & Daily Use
06:17 – Psychology Before Technology
07:31 – Culture = Result of What We Do When Others Are Looking
08:47 – Role Modeling Behavior via Slack (e.g., lunch breaks)
10:30 – Freedom & Responsibility at Work
11:47 – Slack Example: Asking for Help & Psychological Safety
12:54 – How We Work Manifesto (and where to find it)
14:23 – Using Slack to Reduce Email Overload
14:55 – Stress-Reducing Slack Tips: Tagging & “Captured” Emoji
15:28 – Real Example: Using “Captured” to Acknowledge an Action
16:45 – Using Slack Statuses to Show Availability & Boundaries
17:31 – Management by Walking Around – Virtually
19:22 – Benefits: Inclusion, Visibility & Cross-Team Insight
21:01 – Role Modeling & Reinforcing Best Practice in Channels
21:35 – The Gottman Ratio (5:1) & Praise in the Workplace
23:00 – Make Invisible Work Visible
23:34 – The Kudos Channel & Praising Others (and Self!)
25:29 – Slack as a Feedback Space: Public vs Private Corrections
26:07 – Embracing Mistakes: My Latest Mistake Channel
27:54 – Truth Tuesday: Encouraging Emotional Check-Ins
29:37 – Daily Huddles & Setting a Clear Agenda
30:47 – Virtual Watercooler & Scheduled Informal Interactions
31:27 – Wormhole Sessions: Coworking for Connection
32:37 – Summary: Culture Happens in Slack—Make It Intentional
33:15 – Chat Prompt: What’s One Idea You’ll Try?
34:43 – Shared Actions from Attendees (Kudos, Manifestos, Emojis)
35:28 – How Think Productive Can Help Further
36:42 – Related Workshops: Thriving Teams, Hybrid Leadership, Feedback
39:06 – Inbox Zero Public Workshop & Monthly Taster Events
40:21 – Q&A: How to Prevent Slack Overwhelm
41:03 – Advice: Communicate to Inform, Not Overwhelm
42:42 – Time Blocking & Slack Boundaries
43:14 – Closing Remarks & Contact Info

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Date: 13 March 2025

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

How do you manage people you can’t see – or not all the time? What does “Office Hours” mean? When people have varied, flexible remote schedules, how do you make sure that the work gets done?

In this free webinar, Productivity Ninja Hayley Watts and Head of Learning Success Deane Marwa shares strategies and tactics to help you confidently lead your hybrid teams, and maintain connection and inclusivity, regardless of where people are based!

Timestamps:

00:00 Hello and Welcome!
02:14 How We Do Things at TP
03:11 Why Flexible Working Is Good For Your Business
05:13 The Emotional Impact of Hybrid Uncertainty
06:04 The 9 Stops to Hybrid Success
07:35 How to Fix Meetings
08:15 Deciding Whether You Need to Meet Face-To-Face
08:59 Dialling in Virtually to Meetings and Staying Focused
10:10 Navigating Hybrid Meetings Challenges
13:00 Being Thoughtful, Inclusive and Present in Virtual Meetings
14:16 Why You Should Give People Space to Do Their Best Thinking
16:31 Sharing Updates via Loom, Zoom or Cameo
18:00 Why You Should Lead by Example and Switch Off
19:17 Tips for Avoiding the ‘Always On’ Culture
22:56 Why You Should Give Your Team Freedom and Choice
23:47 Managing That Freedom and Responsibility
26:10 Encouraging People to Set Daily Goals
26:56 How Flexibility Improves Profit, Wellbeing and Staff Turnover
29:40 Prompts For Hybrid Managers and Leaders
31:03 Ways to Establish Clear Expectations and Goals
34:47 How to Ensure a Sense of Belonging in a Hybrid Team
37:47 Discussing Working Internationally
40:40 An Insight Into Other Stops to Hybrid Success
42:21 More From Think Productive!

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Date: 12 March 2025

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

Join us and discover the power of Microsoft for People Professionals.

Our exclusive People Professionals webinar series is designed to support anyone working in HR, L&D, Organizational Development, Talent Management, or Employee Relations.

In this short taster of our full day workshop Microsoft for Productivity Ninjas, we’ll share some of our top tips to help you utilise and connect essential features across a range of Microsoft applications to take control of your attention and mindset. All in human-speak.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 – Welcome and Participant Check-In
01:09 – Introductions from Hosts
02:11 – Participant Comments and Tech Check
03:15 – Webinar Purpose: People Professionals
04:25 – Workshop Overview and Agenda
04:57 – Understanding OneDrive, Teams, and SharePoint
07:04 – How Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Work Together
09:09 – When to Use OneDrive vs SharePoint
11:07 – Creating SharePoint Sites and Permissions
12:30 – When and Why to Create a Microsoft Team
14:19 – Teams vs SharePoint for File Sharing
17:15 – Using Channels Instead of Multiple Teams
19:12 – Tabs and Tools Inside Channels
20:35 – Best Use of Tabs and Microsoft Planner
26:00 – Demo: Creating and Using Microsoft Planner
33:05 – Planner vs Microsoft To Do
33:43 – Microsoft Approvals App Overview
35:37 – Inclusive Features: Read Aloud and Dictation
38:05 – Accessibility Checker in Microsoft
39:18 – Workshop Offering & How to Learn More
40:33 – Upcoming Webinars and Final Thoughts
41:04 – Stay Connected and Wrap Up

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Date: 12 March 2025

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

Join us for our exclusive People Professionals webinar series, designed to support anyone working in HR, L&D, Organizational Development, Talent Management, or Employee Relations.

If your inbox is overloaded and email is taking over your working life, we’ll help you get it all under control. You’ll see email in a different way and learn to love it again.

In this free webinar, Productivity Ninja Lee Cottier and Head of Learning Success Deane Marwa will share strategies and offer you tools to help convert emails into actions as well as tips, tricks and Ninja-style email moves for your organisation’s software.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Welcome and chat warm-up
01:09 - Meet your hosts: Lee & De
02:12 - Purpose of the webinar & who it's for
03:14 - About Think Productive
04:10 - What we’ll cover today: Inbox to Zero
05:18 - How are you feeling about email?
07:01 - Email as the biggest blocker to productivity
08:04 - The rise of digital overwhelm
09:01 - The emotional impact of email overload
11:02 - Changing your mindset: Email as a tool
12:10 - Always-on culture & email checking habits
13:39 - Email processing vs. checking
15:13 - Why inboxes get out of control
17:09 - The problem with keeping everything
18:14 - Introduction to the 3-folder system: @Action, @Read, @Waiting
20:13 - Explanation of each folder and how to use them
22:20 - Resistance to folders & habit changes
24:18 - How to triage and batch-process new emails
26:15 - Processing examples and behaviors
28:09 - Managing CC’d emails & email etiquette
29:45 - Shared inbox tips and team coordination
31:16 - Dealing with email backlog: Hacking & processing
33:45 - How to actually reach inbox zero
35:14 - Recap of folder processing habits
36:26 - Bonus content: The inbox purge walkthrough
38:56 - The emotional reward of inbox zero
40:27 - How to claim your Inbox Hero badge
42:00 - Final Q&A and shared inbox considerations
44:00 - Recap and takeaways
45:26 - Upcoming sessions & how to stay in touch
46:52 - Final thoughts and closing



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Date: 12 March 2025

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

Ninja Nick Aiello shares tips and techniques to help you manage your inbox and reignite your love of emails!

Date: 28 February 2025

Host: North America

Spoken Language: English

We run these Ninja Skill Boosters to support our community of past, present and future Ninjas.

Join us to discover how to reduce stress, gain clarity, and work smarter. Learn practical Ninja strategies to identify and focus on what truly matters and achieve your goals more efficiently.

We will provide actionable insights to help you streamline your tasks and enhance productivity. Don’t miss this opportunity to become a Productivity Ninja with your prioritisation.

Here's the link to download the PDF
https://thinkproductive.com.au/prioritise-like-a-ninja/

Date: 25 February 2025

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

Project Management is one of the key skills areas needed to be productive in the work place.

We all have to deliver high-value project outcomes. But not all of us have a formal Project Management qualification. So, how do we achieve what we need to achieve?

This taster session is designed for project managers (and those new to project management), who are wondering how to engage stakeholders effectively.

Join our Productivity Ninja Hayley Watts, who’ll cover the key aspects of managing a project and getting your people onboard.

We’ll explore the ‘people’ skills involved: communicating with project teams, stakeholders and project champions.

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00:00 – Welcome & Introduction (Haley Watts, Think Productive)
00:38 – Task Management vs. Project Management
01:37 – Task = What You Do | Project = Strategic View
02:16 – Overview of Session: Stakeholder Engagement
03:23 – The Spinning Plates Analogy for Managing Projects
04:28 – Which Plates Break? Reputation & Relationships
05:34 – The Role of Stakeholders in Project Success
06:02 – Stakeholder Analysis Tool: Power vs Interest Grid
07:13 – Understanding Low Power, High Interest Stakeholders
08:19 – High Power, Low Interest: Meet Their Needs
08:55 – High Power, High Interest: Key Players
09:32 – Importance of Naming Individuals in Stakeholder Mapping
10:12 – Responsibility vs Power in Stakeholder Roles
11:26 – Current State vs Desired State of Stakeholders
12:40 – Common Challenge: Moving Stakeholders from Low to High Interest
13:18 – Strategy Example: Moving Commissioners to High Interest
14:23 – Real-world Example: From Critic to Engaged Trustee
15:28 – Addressing Stakeholder Resistance: 3 Common Reasons
16:06 – Resistance Due to Workload & Priorities
17:00 – Resistance from Change Fatigue or Conflicting Goals
18:21 – Strategies: Listening, Common Ground, Low-Level Commitment
19:25 – Communication Styles & Preferences Among Stakeholders
20:25 – Managing Multiple Platforms & Setting Agreements
21:00 – Set Communication Expectations Early
21:52 – Mistakes & Transparency with Stakeholders
22:24 – Learning from Errors & Building Trust
23:00 – Audience Q&A Begins
23:48 – How to Engage Stakeholders Who Don’t Take Action
25:22 – Setting Expectations & Asking What Works for Them
26:17 – Getting People to Meet Deadlines: Motivation + Gantt Charts
27:45 – Setting Clear Expectations + Real-Life Project Example
30:03 – Audience Top Tip: “Never underestimate biscuits!” 🍪
30:16 – Project Management Workshop Overview
30:52 – Upcoming Sessions: Team Communication, 6 Weeks to Ninja
31:36 – Four Tendencies Framework to Understand Stakeholder Motivation
32:05 – How Tendencies Influence Action & Communication
33:05 – Closing Thoughts & Contact Information
33:45 – LinkedIn, Booking Links & How to Learn More



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Date: 13 February 2025

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

Feeling stressed, overwhelmed or overworked? In need of some motivation, structure or clarity in your work? Want a better work-life balance?

In this 45 minute session, Graham Allcott will give you a taster how to set up new habits that will give you more structure, clarity and control.

He’ll also touch on the more subtle, human elements that mess up our productivity or stress us out, such as how to overcome procrastination, how to be kinder to ourselves and how to manage what’s going on outside of work, too.

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00:00 – Welcome & Introduction to Graham Allcott
00:32 – About Think Productive & Graham’s Books
01:01 – What is Six Weeks to Ninja?
02:01 – Format: 2 Hours/Week + WhatsApp Community
03:00 – What’s Covered: Productivity, Cord Model, Inbox Zero
04:23 – Ninja Traits: Human Not Superhero, Psychology of Productivity
05:24 – Zen-Like Calm: Finding Flow Without Deadline Stress
07:23 – Ruthlessness: Saying No to What Doesn’t Matter
07:53 – Weapon Savvy: Tools, Second Brains, Apps
08:22 – Stealth & Camouflage: Protecting Focus
08:52 – Unorthodoxy & Agility: Innovation & Responsiveness
10:22 – Mindfulness: Origin Story & Benefits
10:55 – Preparedness: Planning for Crisis Moments
11:52 – Human Not Superhero: Realistic & Compassionate Productivity
13:20 – The Power of a Second Brain
14:21 – Getting Things Out of Your Head
15:18 – How Much Are You Holding in Your Mind Right Now?
16:15 – Clarifying Projects: Desired Outcome & Next Physical Action
17:13 – Why Procrastination Happens
18:11 – “Clear the Garage” Example & Specificity
19:10 – Procrastination & The Lizard Brain
20:09 – The Lizard Brain Explained
21:03 – Fear, Judgment, and Avoidance in Procrastination
21:59 – Mindfulness & the Lizard Brain
22:31 – DUST Model for Diagnosing Procrastination
23:00 – DUST Breakdown: Difficult, Undefined, Scary, Tedious
24:25 – Reframing Difficult Tasks
25:22 – Dealing with Scary Tasks (Create External Deadlines)
25:46 – Turning Tedious into Games or Rituals
26:17 – Productivity vs. Toxic Hustle Culture
27:20 – Productivity for Humans, Not Machines
28:24 – Self-Care Is Not Selfish
29:23 – Danish Wisdom: Lower Expectations for Higher Balance
30:25 – Productivity = Making Space for What Matters
31:31 – Program Logistics: Time, Dates, Cost
32:32 – Public & Group Pricing Options
33:05 – Related Think Productive Webinars & Workshops
34:06 – Broader Think Productive Offerings
35:12 – Q&A: Flow One Day, Avoidance the Next
36:13 – Adjusting Next Actions in Your Second Brain
37:04 – Proactive Attention & Energy Management
38:16 – AI in Productivity: Usefulness & Limits
39:47 – File & Email Management Tips
41:01 – Folder Simplicity: Search Beats Over-Organizing
42:01 – Final Recap: Program Summary & Costs
43:17 – Goodbye & Contact Info

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Date: 7 February 2025

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English