532: How to Create Better Plans and Make Smarter Decisions with Harry Max
Jun 18, 2024
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Author Harry Max discusses the importance of managing priorities as a distinct discipline. Topics include the D-GAP model for prioritization, team productivity using the Speedboat framework, setting North Star goals, and creating better plans in management.
Managing priorities requires a holistic approach separate from productivity and time management.
Distinguishing between episodic and periodic prioritization enhances decision-making and allows for adjustments over time.
Deep dives
Harry Max's D-GAP Model for Prioritization
Harry Max, author of 'Managing Priorities,' introduces his D-GAP model for prioritization, which stands for Decide, Engage, Gather, Arrange, and Prioritize. This model emphasizes the importance of deciding if the benefits outweigh the costs, engaging in the prioritization process intentionally, gathering relevant information, arranging items sensibly, and ultimately prioritizing tasks effectively.
Episodic vs. Periodic Prioritization
Harry Max discusses the difference between episodic and periodic prioritization. Episodic prioritization involves one-off or infrequent prioritization tasks, while periodic prioritization occurs regularly, such as daily, weekly, quarterly, or annually. Understanding this distinction helps individuals and teams make better decisions, allowing for adjustments and corrections over time.
Identifying Prioritized Avoidances for Effective Decision-Making
Harry Max highlights the importance of acknowledging and prioritizing avoidances in the prioritization process. By identifying the things individuals avoid or put off, known as avoidances, they can prioritize these tasks efficiently. Addressing avoidances not only conserves energy but also leads to better decision-making and improved overall productivity.
There’s productivity. There’s time management. And then there’s managing priorities. We often lump managing priorities in with these other areas but, in reality, effectively managing priorities is a discipline all to itself and one that, frankly, is rarely—if ever—approached holistically. Until now. My guest this week is Harry Max, author of Managing Priorities: How to […]