Posts archive: Productivity

Managing workflow in a small business is a challenging task when you need to handle everything with a limited team and budget. It can be a struggle to find an affordable system that offers all the features your team needs to design and maintain seamless work processes.  To help in the quest of finding productivity […]

Traditionally, project timelines are created on highly technical and heavily automated spreadsheets, which require at least some basic formatting skills and plenty of dedicated time.  Although showing off your abilities with spreadsheets templates can be impressive, such an old-fashioned tool isn’t as efficient as it seems. Given that you must share the template with your […]

It is unsettling when you are stimulated for work, but a distraction occurs and takes it away. The motivation to work and the urge to check social media or indulge in other activities are inversely proportional to your productivity. It delays work and makes procrastination really tempting. To manage distraction and get work done effectively, […]

Scheduling is always helpful and practical whether you strategize a week ahead, the day before, or the day in the morning. It sets the priority for your long to-do list and duly allocates a specific time and date for it, and can be made easy with the help of calendar apps as they create efficient […]

Unlike what most productivity gurus try to make us believe, it is more common to struggle with time management and self-discipline than to be a productive record-breaker. As stated by author Tony Schwartz in his New York Times article, “human beings aren’t designed to expend energy continuously”, so we can’t expect to be naturally prone […]

One of the best attributes of remote working is flexibility, both for location and working hours. More than ever, remote workers are able to mold their careers to their personal lives instead of the other way around.  But sometimes, flexibility can feel more like a curse than a blessing. It is easy to feel extra […]

Remote work is here to stay, and the most concerning factor were— communication. But you can bash this problem with asynchronous communication. It’s something that we at Akiflow preach and follow religiously. In this blog, we’ll help you unlock a productive team with asynchronous communication. We’ll cover: What is asynchronous communication? The benefits of asynchronous […]

Timeboxing is a simple yet effective time management technique that helps you take better control over your schedule.  If you think you’ve two weeks to complete a task, you’ll never try to finish it earlier than before.  However, you can be attentive to how much time you need to spend on a specific task with […]

Introduction As a student, you’re probably wearing multiple hats with your studies. For example, managing any school or college clubs, internships, part-time jobs, etc. And with such a hectic schedule you cannot afford to have the mental bandwidth to go back and forth between multiple apps for daily planning.  We’ve compiled a list of best […]