Our purpose today is to notice – what works, what doesn’t work? We’ll think about your workflows and how you collaborate.
1.1 What are things you know about yourself and how you work?
What are the conditions when you do your best work? This could be things like I write best in the mornings, I am comfortable speaking up in new spaces.
1.2 What software and kinds of files do you work with, and for what purposes?
Think across your different workflows. Where do you do your writing? How do you manage citations or versions? How do software and files connect together? If you analyze data or images, what do you use?
1.3 How do you track tasks for your workflow?
You can do this think of a specific project or piece of your workflow, or multiple projects. What does an example day or week look like? Do you write notes to yourself or document your process? Do you use sticky notes, apps, a document, a calendar? How do you find things weekly or come back to something after a month, a year?
1.4 How do you collaborate with colleagues?
Who is included in your workflow? How do you share files and communicate? If you think “I work alone”, consider who you talk to, how do you give and receive feedback?
1.5 What feels good about your workflow?
There are good things about your workflow. What feels good to you?
1.6 What feels clunky about your workflow?
Are there places you suspect take longer than they should or could improve in other ways? Are there things you find yourself repeating a lot (copy-pasting, clicking?)