When you have a lot of documents that you need to take care of, there is often a sense of urgency that creeps in. This can make it difficult to start working on any of them. Your immediate reaction is to start working on one…
We tend to associate the confusion that arises with a high volume of documents with the amount of documents themselves, when in reality the confusion comes from a lack of direction once the document is created. If there is no established process a document will…
Simple filing errors occur because of hasty or uneven methods, not because the rules are confusing. You place a document in the wrong folder, or it’s named just slightly differently than before, or its position in the folder doesn’t reflect the actual workflow. These acts…
If you frequently open a new document only to find yourself getting disorganized halfway through, it’s probably not the content that’s the problem, but the structure. In written communication, organization is more a matter of rhythm than content. The amateur writer tries to “cover everything.…