Busy Doesn’t Equal Productive: What 35 Years of Data Reveals About Your Team’s Time

In this episode, we get into his data-backed findings on how men and women use time differently at work, why only 20% of your time is actually spent on your highest priorities (ouch), and how organisations are quietly burning out their teams without even realising it.We talk practical fixes, bad email habits, smarter meetings, and how measuring what matters can transform your team’s output. Oh, and we get poetic too — literally. Mark shares his quirky (and surprisingly powerful) book The Poetic Path to Getting More Done and even drops a goal-setting rhyme that’s better than your last TED Talk.If you’re a founder, manager, or just someone whose to-do list is longer than your week — this one’s for you.🛠️ Mark Ellwood’s Tools & Resources🔗 Website: https://getmoredone.com📖 Book: The Poetic Path to Getting More Done💡 Time tracking device: The TimeCorder00:00 Introduction: Meet Mark Elwood, Productivity Expert01:16 The Research: Women vs Men in Time Management02:17 The Power of Data-Driven Insights05:21 The 20% Problem: Time Spent on Top Priorities08:06 Common Mistakes in Corporate Time Management10:09 Training Managers: Essential Skills Under the Time Management Umbrella13:09 Meeting Management: Everyone's Responsibility13:44 Work Patterns: Short Bursts vs Long Duration15:24 Measuring What Matters: Tracking Time Effectively16:59 The Time Quarter Device: Anonymous and Effective18:56 The Poetic Path: Time Management Through Poetry19:43 SMART Goals in Verse23:21 Make Me A Poem: Interactive Poetry Creation25:41 Closing: Where to Find Mark and His Resources Connect with me on:All my linksBecome a guestSign up for RiversideGet Descript #DigitalMarketing #Branding #PersonalBranding #MarketingInsights #SocialMediaStrategy Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.