Donna McGeorge
Donna McGeorge is the author of Red Brick Thinking, a bold new call to simplify work by removing what no longer adds value. A productivity expert and best-selling author of the It’s About Time series, including The 25 Minute Meeting, The First 2 Hours, and The 1 Day Refund she equips leaders and teams with practical strategies to reclaim time, reduce friction, and amplify what matters. Learn more at
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Every day, we show up to work weighed down by invisible baggage. The outdated processes, unnecessary meetings and the endless checklists we mistake for progress. It’s no wonder that despite all our tools and tech, we still feel behind, burnt out and bored. For decades, we’ve been told the answer is to do more, so…
In our fast-paced world, it’s easy to fall into the trap of busyness and urgency, operating on autopilot without conscious thought about how we spend our time, attention, and energy. However, this can lead to a depletion of resources and a lack of true productivity, explains Donna McGeorge, productivity expert and author of It’s About…
As someone who’s been through the corporate grind and emerged on the other side, I can tell you that there’s nothing more important than making intentional choices about where you spend your time, says productivity expert, Donna McGeorge. We all get caught up in the busyness of life, but it’s essential to take a step…
If you’re like me and many other business owners, you’re probably struggling to balance your work and personal life. With the ever-increasing demands of work, it’s easy to get lost in the daily grind and forget about the important things in life. With the help of ChatGPT, we can find ways to be more…
We are living in an epidemic of urgency and busyness. Unless we are flat out, working ridiculous hours, we are judged – and we often judge ourselves – as lazy or unproductive, explains productivity expert Donna McGeorge. However, it’s becoming increasingly clear that down time is not only beneficial to individuals but also essential…
In 2019, I remember having a conversation with the CEO of a national organisation who vowed and declared that no one would ever work from home in their organisation. I suspect they had read and perhaps bought into Marissa Mayer’s philosophy at Yahoo, who in 2013 decreed that employees would no longer be permitted…
Paying attention to the clock in our body rather than the clock on our walls will help us have greater productivity gains, says Donna McGeorge, productivity expert and author of It’s About Time. For years we have been told to work on things that are urgent and important using methods like time blocking and…
As an author, speaker and coach on productivity, I’m often asked about competing priorities and the need to say “no”. It can be challenging and uncomfortable to say no in a work situation however, we can quickly become overwhelmed and out of control, leading to stress and burnout if we say yes to everything. Saying…
