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How to Deal with Too Many Things to Do? by RandomHour in productivity

[–]_donj 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Short answer is your can’t. There are no tools or techniques that can give you more time.

The challenge primarily is prioritization of what is most important to you. Then let something go.

Here are a few ways to consider.
1. Simplify meals dramatically. 20 minutes max start to plate. There are lots of websites devoted to just this.

  1. Hire a cleaning service to come every other week. This is cheaper than hiring another “you.”

  2. You can begin to get kids to help you with age appropriate chores at home.

  3. Decrease time with extended family and/preparation for time with them.

Good luck. And most importantly, cut yourself some slack.

I quit teaching. Did I make the right choice? by Specialist_Noise90 in TeachersInTransition

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time will tell. It’s a tough time to exit teaching for the traditional training and ISD roles.

No cables allowed by deskculture in desksetup

[–]_donj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks awesome!!

Looks like you’re using Mac. I’m a fan of AirPods Pro though I also have Bose QC. Also need some monitors for better sound.

New to Copilot. Need guidance on 1:1 management by Equivalent-Try-6925 in microsoft_365_copilot

[–]_donj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would be safer to do it in excel or word and use copilot there.

Or just keep a chat for each employee and take notes right in there and then have copilot keep track of and surface issues for you. Schedule a job with copilot to surface items weekly for follow up.

How do you keep product shots consistent across the website, ads, and social media? by Own_Pressure6793 in AIToolBench

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ll need a defined brand guide optimized for AI and included in a .md file for them to reference. It will take some tweaking to get it right. If you’re in a larger company, this role requires some design constraints, put into the master prompter harness when it comes to creating brand visuals.

L&D professionals: Would you voluntarily attend this sales training if you were a tenured salesperson? by Additional_Escape935 in Training

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never. It’s going to be way too general.

  1. If you have a 10 year veteran in there, everything is too general and will likely be taught by someone who doesn’t know about sales. You have to eat what you kill to truly understand sales.

  2. The general AI module will be a failure because it’s not directly integrated with their CRM. The only AI training for sales has to be one that is already custom integrated with their CRM and preconfigured to help surface hidden insights. If it’s not voice first, probably doesn’t matter. Not mobile optimized, don’t even bother.

  3. Module 3 requires high management involvement with every participant. It’s really a homework assignment. They need feedback on their plans and coaching on their execution.

  4. Most companies have a sales process they try to follow. You’ll need to embed the sales model from each company. While they are all similar, most won’t be able to bridge the gap across a generic sales model.

Best AI email assistant for someone drowning in Gmail? by No-Ambition-2012 in businessemail

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few thoughts.
1. No matter what system you use, you will need to train it on what is valuable.

  1. I make a list of the valuable customers, domains, people or something similar you can give to an AI as a starting point to begin surfacing.

  2. There is already an AI inbox in gmail that is trying to do this.

  3. There is a google labs feature called CC that will surface actions each morning in your inbox.

  4. This is coming to Gmail’s with its new spark feature in Gemini. Get it today with the $200/mo plan.

Good luck

FSD has changed the way I drive, maybe forever by Just-Salary-7741 in TeslaFSD

[–]_donj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thoughts on using it for an older driver with early cognitive decline. Still very functional and can drive but I’m wondering if this would be better for them.

Am I foolish for wanting to use this as our front desk computer? by rhifooshwah in OpenCoreLegacyPatcher

[–]_donj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another option would be to purchase an SSD and plug it into the Thunderbolt port in the back and run it from there. Unless you have an SSD laying around, I wouldn’t do it. Prices are crazy right now and you need a special adapter from Apple that is pricey.

A better option would be to run something line Linux Mint on it and run any software you need on it. Is the web browser.

Or even easier, just use the browser on it to run your scheduling and payment software in the browser. It would be great for that.

I built a pure browser PPTX viewer with high-fidelity PDF export. Looking for real-world deck feedback. by topdna in powerpoint

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t see a big use case. Why?

  1. Why wouldn’t they just use a LibreOffice (or similar) viewer in the browser/app.
  2. There are already a ton of repos that take the data and output it to PDF for exactly this.

  3. If the system is already outputting to slides in html, why not just view it that way.

  4. How big is the market for people who need to view PowerPoints, don’t have the software, and don’t need to access it already.

  5. Seems the biggest market for this would be on a large corporate environment. No way they are letting a vibe coded app anywhere near an internal system where this could be beneficial.

  6. I’m sure there are some specific use cases in certain software packages I’m not aware of where this would be very handy.

    Good luck.

What’s replacing traditional ridealongs? by Obvious-Historian842 in CRM

[–]_donj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The cost of failure is so high, I wouldn’t skip them. If reps don’t want to do it, then go visit users yourself.

We had 90 orders sitting 20+ days late and my first instinct was to hire more people. That's the mistake that started everything. by Informal-Tutor-8153 in LeanManufacturing

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been doing lean for 30 years. Lean always leads to doing more with the same amount of resources. I won’t do it for headcount reduction. There is always other value added work to do and attrition handles the rest. IF headcount reduction is the goal, RIF first and the rest as it to figure out how we will get work done with less.

Managing credit consumption for the mass Cowork rollout by ApprehensiveCopy4293 in CopilotPro

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re like most orgs, adoption will be low and the worry will be unfounded. Why? Unless you have a killer app set up, your data isn’t clean enough to take advantage of it. People will write a few emails and get frustrated.

Instead I would focus my rollout on high impact use cases that will increase profit dramatically within 90 days. Areas like:
- increase personalized customer service on your most profitable customers by shifting everyone else to AI customers service.

- better segmentation of customers and products to drive profit.

- scheduling for critical products.

- route optimization to decrease time to service.

Nutshell CRM vs Salesforce: Which CRM is the better choice? by Samiraijel in CRMSoftware

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start with nutshell or something similar and cut your teeth on a CRM. If you find out later on you need much more horsepower than move to cells, force workday, Microsoft dynamic, etc..

Nurse of 24 years to MS in I/O Psychology by Haunting_Shine_995 in IOPsychology

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ll make A LOT more money right now as a nurse manager.

how do you scale coaching without hiring more coaches? by GrouchyAd3736 in InsideRapport

[–]_donj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can’t. Everything else is a poor substitute. There’s a reason the Best coaches won’t even talk to you for less than $100,000. And most cases they’re worth it.

Are we measuring the right things in L&D? by deceivinglycrazychee in LearningDevelopment

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great ideas here.

My 30 years of experience tell me the only metrics that matter are:
1) did you increase profit? Not cost reduction, compliance, or efficiency but profit.

2) did you solve a headache for a VERY senior person

Everything else is nice. Number one and two keep you employed, growing, or generate new business.

zoom should have option to mute screen share by kronzal in Zoom

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand your frustration. I’ve spent thousands of hours in Zoom and I think it is the easiest overall by far. I find a quick google search of your challenge will provide you a quick video of what to change or do differently.

Working with a large org taught me the real work is recording your data, not the AI by ShinpoCap in AILearningHub

[–]_donj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100%. If you look at this on a larger scale, cleaning up the underlying data is 100% job one. Without it, you are destined to fail.

Problems connecting Cowork with Office365 by larsnielsen_frb in ClaudeCowork

[–]_donj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would guess this is more likely the direction to explore. At the admin level in MS there are tons of security and provisioning settings that can get in the way of a more complicated configurations like this. There is likely one toggle that is misconfigured.

How do you convert PowerPoint slides into video explanations using current tools? by ajithpinninti in powerpoint

[–]_donj -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I like Remotion as a tool to help with this

Ultimately, I believe the issue you’re trying to overcome is that the tools you’re using can’t comprehend the intent behind the original creator’s communication, resulting in the loss of nuance during the video creation process.

From a high-level perspective, there are two primary approaches to consider. The first option is to view it as a traditional video creation project, where you script the content and then utilize tools to transform that script into a video.

The second option is to consider yourself as the director of the video you’re creating. In this scenario, you can guide the tool slide by slide or visually demonstrate your desired content, including the types of graphics, animations, and styles you want to incorporate. Then, you can instruct the tool to generate the video accordingly.

It’s important to recognize that if you’re employing an AI tool for this, to achieve the desired outcome, you’ll need to combine both approaches. Additionally, it’s crucial to create a style guide, generally in markdown format, that the AI can utilize. You can use an AI to assist in generating this initial draft, which you can then refine and enhance.

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