Given the spirit of this site, it might surprise you to know that I still have a thing for print magazines. I have no idea why that is, but there is just something about holding a magazine and reading that appeals to me (maybe if I get an iPad that will change).
One of my favorite magazines is Inc., and they’ve recently posted a few guides on their website that are pretty good.
The first one is How to Organize Your Workspace, and has some brief tips on different workspace organization categories, with links to more in-depth articles.
One paragraph I liked from the Workspace article is this one:
One obstacle to getting organized as an entrepreneur is that a lot of organizing advice sounds intuitive and even obvious once you hear it. But there’s a broad gap between a back-of-the-mind comprehension and successfully implementing strategies for getting organized.
It’s so true. Knowing what to do is fine, but actually going through and doing it successfully is a different story altogether. Like Jason Calacanis says, “Ideas are easy, execution is hard”.
One of the “dig deepers” linked from the article is How to Switch to a Paperless Office. While it’s geared to slightly larger organizations, it has some good tips, and I like how it starts out with the people side of the equation first, something a lot of guides gloss over.
Do you have any other examples of things that your company has done which were key in going paperless? Drop a note in the comments.