Team

Outline

Team (2023) applies the principles of Getting Things Done to groups and organisations. David Allen and Edward Lamont show how teams can clarify desired outcomes, agree on who is responsible for each task, keep shared lists up to date, and review their work regularly. The book explains how these practices reduce confusion and stress and help teams work together more effectively.

• Team applies the principles of Getting Things Done to groups and organisations, not only to individuals.
• Teams work better when they first clarify the outcomes they want to achieve.
• Each task needs one agreed person responsible for it, so nothing is left to assumption.
• Shared lists must be kept up to date so everyone sees the same picture of the work.
• Regular reviews of the team's work reduce confusion and stress and help people collaborate more effectively.

David Allen and Edward Lamont bring together the creator of the Getting Things Done method and one of its leading practitioners. Allen is an American productivity consultant whose book Getting Things Done became an international bestseller, while Lamont is a cofounder of Next Action Associates, which teaches the method in the United Kingdom and Ireland.