Interview on The Personal Productivity Science Insights Podcast

In late in 2022, I was interviewed by Tia Harmer from The KPI Institute on The Personal Productivity Science Insights Podcast to discuss email productivity.

Below are the time stamps created by Personal Productivity Science Labs for this interview:

  • 00:00 Start

  • 01:21 Guest intro

  • 03:42 Have you met Steuart Snooks

  • 11:52 Definition of productivity

  • 13:18 Challenges that can hinder personal productivity

  • 16:05 How emails influence individual productivity

  • 28:58 Impressions when looking at another person's inbox

  • 32:16 Four things to do in organize the inbox

  • 37:11 Limits when filtering emails

  • 43:50 How often should email be used as a way to connect to someone vs over text like team or slack

  • 51:27 Tips for people who are struggling to maintain email policy

  • 54:34 Practices to improve email productivity

  • 57:12 Challenges

  • 58:29 How often do you do this practice?

  • 1:07:29 Audience question

  • 1:15:57 Open mic


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In this episode of the Key Productivity Institute’s ‘Work in Progress: The Personal Productivity Science Insights’ podcast, Steuart joins Tia Hamer to discuss how to better manage the email related aspects of daily workload to boost individual and company productivity.

Steuart knows that managing email it is a common pain point for his clients. He has over 25 years’ experience in researching and developing best practices for managing incoming email and workload and restoring email to its rightful place as a powerful tool to facilitate improved workplace and personal productivity.

From his experience as a speaker, trainer, coach, consultant and (soon-to-be) author, he has developed a breakthrough method that revolutionises the way manage your inbox. He guides business owners, Executives, their EAs and support teams to use a method that frees up time, energy, and headspace so they can then focus on the higher-order thinking, priorities, projects, strategic focus, and leadership aspects of their role.

The conversation begins with Steuart’s favourite book and goes straight to the meat of the discussion on how to organize your emails to escalate self-productivity.

Steuart Snooks