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Coach at @SuperImpactful.com / Head of Strategy at @GetSuperProductive.com / Author of The Lovable Leader / Married to a Goddess (@ericashimmies.bsky.social) Here to change the world. Learn more → https://jgibbard.com
If your Asana feels like it’s creating friction instead of clarity, you’re not alone. Super Productive helps teams redesign their Asana workspace into a system that makes priorities obvious, ownership clear, and progress visible without constant meetings.
Learn more at getsuperproductive.com.
The team gained back hours each week because the system did the heavy lifting. This is the power of a well-built workspace.
It reduces stress. It creates focus. It saves time.
And it supports better work, not more work.
After:
➜ The team had a single place to track priorities.
➜ Ownership was clear.
➜ Projects followed a consistent structure.
➜ Intake and handoffs were easier because the process was mapped and repeatable.
➜ Leaders could see progress without pulling people into meetings.
Before:
➜ People asked the same questions over and over because information was scattered.
➜ Deadlines often kept shifting because no one had clear visibility.
➜ Leaders often spent hours in status meetings just to understand what was happening.
➜ Projects lived everywhere and nowhere.
A few months ago, we worked with a team whose Asana felt like a junk drawer.
Everything was in there.
Nothing had a home.
And everyone was busy, but very few people felt productive.
Here is what changed after we redesigned their ecosystem…
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If I had to eat one thing for the rest of my life, it would definitely be pizza.
I can only imagine a few other possible answers to that question.
So, what would you answer? 
This is art.
Ask:
What am I actually after here?
Truth?
Control?
Belonging?
Certainty?
A specific outcome?
Your purpose shapes your thinking.
And your thinking shapes everything downstream.
If your purpose is to find the best answer, you’ll think differently than if your purpose is to “win,” prove someone wrong, or justify a conclusion you already want.
So before you go hunting for more data, more sources, more debates…
Critical thinking isn’t just “asking more questions.” It’s asking better questions.
And the quality of your questions depends on something most people never define:
Purpose.
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So before you send the email.
Before you have the hard conversation.
Before you try to “fix” the situation.
Pause and ask: What do I want to happen as a result of this?
That’s the Platinum Rule of Communication. Communicate with purpose, each and every time.
If you want to instantly improve your communication, start here:
All communication has a goal.
Even when you didn’t pick one on purpose.
And when you don’t choose the goal, you leave the outcome to chance.
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One of my three words this year is “stages.” It’s about finally giving my work as a professional speaker the attention it deserves.
Starting off, I’m doing The Moth in Philly tonight as a first run for the story I’ll be telling at NSA’s Last Story Standing Competition (this Friday).
If you’re not willing to carry that weight, leadership will eventually hurt someone.
The best leaders do not resent the burden.
They accept it because they value the privilege, and they take the responsibility seriously.
Leadership is often three things: a privilege, a responsibility, and a burden.
The privilege brings joy.
The responsibility demands accountability.
And the burden is the weight of knowing your choices affect real people.
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Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.
Regarding the BAFTA/BBC incident, this is a must watch response.
Overthinking a change you know you need to make?
This week on Rogue, I’m talking with Claire Mendelsohn -- an Autism + ADHD coach and systems thinker -- about a way to make change feel lighter, safer, and more doable.
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If you host a leadership or entrepreneurship podcast and want to explore any of this, I'm around.
More at jgibbard.com/#guest if you're curious.
These aren’t soft skills, but foundational ones.
I host a couple of podcasts (Shareable and Rogue), wrote *The Lovable Leader*, and work with teams trying to do work that actually matters.
Not hustle culture. Not grinding. Meaningful impact.
Same thing happens with leadership.
So much advice still boils down to "work harder and win at all costs."
But the teams that actually work, the ones people don't want to leave, are built on something else entirely:
Care, Trust, and Safety.
That's not a “you problem.”
That's a design problem.
Being autistic and having ADHD taught me to look at work differently. Not how it's supposed to look, but what actually works.
Turns out, when you remove friction and design for different brains, everyone benefits.
Most productivity systems were designed for one type of brain.
Everyone else is just supposed to try harder, push through, and blame themselves when it doesn't stick.
Most productivity advice assumes everyone's brain works the same way.
It doesn't.
And a lot of smart, capable people end up feeling like they're failing… when the real issue is the system they're using.
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We all produce work we’re not proud of sometimes. Maybe we have an off day, miss a detail, or make the wrong call. But how often would we hold others to an impossible standard while giving ourselves a pass?
This week’s post is about reclaiming compassion -- in our lives, in leadership, and even in business -- and turning awareness into something tangible.
Read the full blog: bit.ly/4aRWgKp
When you think of compassion, what comes to mind?
For me, it’s not just a feeling.
It’s not softness.
It’s not a personality trait.
It’s the moment when care becomes action.
When you can’t stay on the sidelines anymore.
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I wrote about that moment and how to meet it differently in this week’s post.
Read the full blog: bit.ly/4s01jzz
