Topic work

This is a working draft. It is also an attention directing tool.

Further work on this page will bubble to the top of my to do list following my conceptual resource wip

OK, you've chosen a topic or area of interest where you want to perform or have results. The next step is topic work—identifying and organizing the things to do. Topic work must obviously include some thinking (see Edward de Bono below).

For the time being the following is a starter tool kit

• Hierarchical list maker (outliner) for organizing ideas

  • Mac OS X

    • OmniOutliner

    • OmniFocus

• What do I need to learn so I can decide where to go next? (A foundation for future directed decisions)

• Concepts to daily action work flow

• Peter Drucker

  • Basic work plan (See chapter on Strategic Planning in Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices)

  • The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Nonprofit Organization

• Edward de Bono

  • Six Action Shoes

  • Teach Yourself to Think

  • Six Thinking Hats

  • The Six Value Medals

  • Six Frames (For Thinking about Information)

• Tom Peter's Project 50

• David Allen's Project Planning

• The Power of an Hour

• Execution (The Discipline of Getting Things Done)

List of topics in this Folder