Here’s what you need to be a functioning human in the 2020s
I have recently started a training series for JCI Makati as the Local Skills and Development Director.
Here are some notes from what was discussed in the Nov. 19 session with JCI Makati’s Skilled for the Future Series:
- We learned that it would be easier to exchange contacts through QR Code. I would use https://blinq.me/ to make sure that whomever I engage with, gets my contact details seamlessly. There are many alternatives but, using Blinq enables you to share your contact details with your intended recipient and let them send theirs to you. Blinq saves the information in the app and your phone. And if you have Google Contacts–sync it easily to your Gmail account. When I don’t carry a business card or have run out, I have the Blinq QR saved on my phone screen as a widget image so people can scan it immediately.
- Google Contacts is your modern-day Rolodex! The American billionaire Rockefeller used his Rolodex as a source of information to build amazing transformational relationships. You can use the app, which is widely available in the Google ecosystem, to do the same thing and build your network. Remember “Your network is your net worth!”.
- It is embarrassing to miss a meeting or fail to produce work because you’re too lazy procrastinating or too busy to manage your time. There is NO EXCUSE now that the feature-packed Google Calendar can help you manage your time. I suggest using the chunking method to fill in your time. I may have failed to mention that Google Calendar has an appointment-setting feature. Here’s mine! Click here.
- Defining your contact’s end-to-end process can help you unfold which processes to make so that you can enrich yourself, your business, or your organization. In corporate speak, we call this framework People, Process, and Technology. Many argue that this is not relevant in the digital world. This is where most businesses fail because the Top 100 corporations in the Philippines employ this framework to maximize their investments and make sure assets do not become liabilities. Read more about the PPT framework here:
Is The 60-Year-Old ‘People Process Technology’ Framework Still Useful?
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In Summary:
- Ingest contact information easily by using a QR code service like Blinq
- Use Google Contacts. Most importantly, you should be on Gmail today if you’re still on Hotmail, or Yahoo! Leave these services and migrate to the Google Ecosystem (Gmail). It’s safer and more effective for collaborative work!
- Use your calendar and Chunk your Time to do tasks (Such as migrating to Gmail duh!)
