Joel T. Sanders
Structure Your Business Environment to Act More Intelligently
Structure our environment thoughtfully, and our intelligence and effectiveness can soar. But structure it sloppily, and we and our teams...
This Moment
Thoughts on Leadership, Technology, & Life
Joel T. Sanders
- Jun 20, 2020
- 6 min
How to Create a Business Operations Document for Your Company or Team
What should your team be doing now? That's the fundamental question everyone in knowledge work faces every moment of every day. It's why...
Joel T. Sanders
- May 30, 2020
- 4 min
Yes, Playfulness, Humor, and Kindness Can Coincide with High Standards and Discipline at Work
Last week, Angelika (my wife) and I watched Steve Jobs, the 2015 biographical drama film directed by Danny Boyle. Based on the authorized...
Joel T. Sanders
- May 9, 2020
- 3 min
Frameworks Rule Our Behavior
Most human behavior is automatic, even though we have the illusion that we are "deciding" what to do moment-to-moment. Our environments,...
Mo Mostafa
- May 6, 2020
- 4 min
Using Time-Blocking to Get More Done
It’s easy to think there isn’t enough time in a day to get everything done. And on a strictly logical basis, that’s true. But here’s a...
Joel T. Sanders
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
A Culture of "Intellectual Navy SEALs"
For many business owners, stepping away from the day-to-day of a business is a terrifying prospect...unless an A player is there to run...
Joel T. Sanders
- Apr 25, 2020
- 2 min
Why I'm Quitting SAAS Tools and Returning to Lightweight Systems Like Email & Hand-Written Notebooks
In the last few months I've started unplugging some of my SAAS tools for good, and limiting my use of others. The result has been more...