Hello and welcome to this site, where we publish our reference documents. The overall objective of mjl-tek is to help people organize their lives and their work using systems and software embodied by [[The Trusted System]]. We offer consultancy for teams and individuals to identify purpose and objectives, and manage projects. To reserve a workshop or training event, please [register here](https://www.mjl-tek.com/event). ## Capturing experience My journey with note-taking started with Google Desktop, wanting to find and index my documents. But along came Evernote which allowed me not only to index them but to comment, put them in context, and then link them together to model whole domains. A valuable scratch pad, a playground, a fertile terrain for developing ideas. A place in which I could write to myself! Evernote helped to document processes, pouring thoughts and ideas into diagrams, flowcharts and plans to develop my life and my business. But after v10, Evernote became frustrating, when it started having performance issues and most useful development seemed to stall. I drifted away, but not before exporting my 12k Evernotes and documents into Notion... We use Notion to manage technical issues, to store favourite films, plants, and technical terms. ![[tek logo.jpg|200]] ## And then came Obsidian #Obsidian Obsidian responds to requirements that I first discovered in Evernote and moh.io: a visual graph of links between notes. Obsidian is for note-taking, syncing across platforms, publishing to a custom domain, canvas view, mindmapping. It allows you to create tags to navigate freely across themes. ## Planning for change Change management is the process by which creative ideas are transformed into real world achievements. And to do this we build projects from accumulated notes, journals, analyse and assess. What methods and software exist to help with this challenge? First, what are you trying to do? Change a current situation or system? What do you want to change, and what is your motivation, are you committed? To what are you responding? Internal stimuli or necessary adaptation to new market conditions? If you're running a small business, there is now a huge source of information available, in addition to your own observations. How can you catalogue and sort it to make reasoned decisions in the present, and about the future? ## Project Management Do you react proactively to new information? There's no magic bullet. The solution is to write it down, to express it. If it's a problem, identify or generate potential solutions. If it's a bunch of creative ideas, see how they could fit together into a plan. We share some ideas about how to transform all that thinking into actions that will generate the best opportunities. I have managed tasks extensively with Trello, Todoist, and Ayoa, but also Nozbe, Toodledo and DGT, all with a need to synchronize between mobile and desktop platforms. Before forums, Slack, Discord and Sharepoint existed, there was Microsoft Project. The process of exchanging ideas and plans is now so much more fluid. We use techniques such as Pomodoro to avoid procrastination. ## Our values Our aim is to help people organize themselves and their work, to manage their workload. We use mindmapping and journaling to assess situations, environments more objectively. We try to achieve a calm mind by applying [[Getting things done GTD]] We support self-management, autonomous responsibilities while working in a team. We promote the idea of journaling and note taking in [[The Trusted System]]. We aim to help people with the stress of work situations, who might feel under pressure, or don't know how to say no. This may mean establishing a personal plan with all priorities on it, and to help employees and managers to communicate over the consequences of a decision. We believe in taking the time to work, setting boundaries, self-respect, setting [[Smart objectives]] and hope to assist people manage their time, planning, strategy, operations, and priorities. ![[mjl-tek/Attachments/mjl-tek themes.png]]