## Many Thinking Hats Our lives are filled with different contexts each of which have tasks. In each context we are required to think differently. Sales and production both have specific challenges. The independent knowledge worker must assume many roles: producer, salesperson, accountant, time and project manager, strategist, and marketeer. And while providing core services must also sell them, coordinating actions both to fulfil orders and to generate future business. This means both doing the added value work but also determine, set and organize their priority, and might find themselves both asking and replying to the question: "Is this a good strategy to pursue? ## Capturing experience My journey started with Google Desktop, which allowed us to index documents for the first time. A little while later came Evernote, which allowed us to comment on them, put them in context, and link them together. It was a valuable scratch pad, a playground, a fertile terrain for developing ideas, a place in which to write to oneself! But Evernote's performance issues became frustrating, and most useful development seemed to stall. And like many, I drifted away. And then came obsidian, which works on any platform, and provides many functions to write, store and link notes. But what really attracted me to it was the graph view. ## Building projects from experience Change management is the process by which creative ideas are transformed into real world achievements. This is an invitation to record that experience, good and bad, on which to base future projects. First, ask yourself: - What are you trying to achieve? - What is your objective, to change a situation or a system? - Are you committed? What is your motivation? Are you responding to an internal desire or a necessary adaptation to new market conditions? There is now a huge source of information available, in addition to your own observations. We discuss some of the ways you catalogue and sort it, to make reasoned decisions in the present 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. When you encounter a problem, identify potential solutions. See if you can solve similar problems together as a project. We share some ideas about how to transform all that thinking into actions that will generate the best opportunities. Extensively using #Trello ## Our Values Our aim is to help people organize themselves and manage their workload. We use mind mapping and journalling to assess situations and environments more objectively. Achieve a calm mind by applying the [[Getting things done GTD]] to capture what has your attention, encourage you to journal and take notes in your version of [[The Trusted System]]. We aim to help people with the stress of work situations, those who might feel under pressure, or don't know how to say no, to manage their time, and their priorities. We support the idea of self-management and autonomous responsibilities, in taking the time to work, setting boundaries, self-respect, and setting [[Smart objectives]]. ![[mjl-tek themes.png]] For more information see [https://mjl-tek.com](https://mjl-tek.com) ![[tek logo.jpg|200]]