About Cleve Gibbon
Hey, I’m Cleve and I love technology. A former academic that moved into fintech to build trading platforms for investment banks. 20 years ago I switched to marketing and advertising. I joined a content technology spin-off from the Publicis network that was bought by WPP in 2014. I'm now at Omnicom. These pages chronicle a few of things I've learnt along the way…
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Please Keep It Simple
It’s hard to keep things simple. However, simple things get things done. I was a long term user of Evernote. I used it for one thing; to take notes. On my desktop. Through the web. When traveling with my phone. … Continue reading
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In Five for Five
I procrastinate. I know when I’m doing it but struggle to avoid it. However, I hate not getting things done more than I love to procrastinate. So I found this technique to just get me started. I’m calling it the … Continue reading
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The 05 meeting rule
I’ve updated my simple meeting policy to include the 05 meeting rule. My simple meeting policy shortens traditional 30-minute meetings to 25 minutes and 1-hour meetings to 50 minutes. However, that didn’t stop some meetings from overrunning and eating into … Continue reading
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My Simple Meeting Policy
This is my simple meeting policy. With more virtual meetings, we need more time to recover between meetings. To any meeting organizer, I will commit to: Arriving on time. Leaving on time. To any meeting organizer, I need: An agenda … Continue reading
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Measure What Matters
So I read Measure What Matters. It was awesome. The book outlines a goal setting system that scales from small projects to the large programmes of work. Started at Intel, popularised by Google, Objective Key Results (OKRs) are widespread from … Continue reading
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Separate Work from Home
I’m a big fan of productivity. There is always too much to do. That’s why I’m continually looking for ways to do more with less. Over the last twenty years I’ve adopted best practices (e.g. GTD – Getting Things Done), … Continue reading
Block Days for Getting Things Done
I’m always looking for ways to be more productive. Always. With so many things to get done, I’ve been a long time subscriber to the getting things done philosophy. Over the last couple of years, I’ve been toying with a … Continue reading
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Planning, Productivity and Progress – The Power of P
I love the letter P. A powerful plosive that you can’t pronounce without putting your lips together – go on, do it – and then POW! We need to mind our P’s on projects, specifically around planning, productivity and progress. … Continue reading
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