Best GTD for Consultants

What GTD actually asks of you

Get every commitment out of your head and into one trusted inbox, then decide the very next physical action for each.

Lists are organized by the verb — call, draft, review — never by topic. The non-negotiable part is the review: without it the lists rot into noise within two weeks.

How consultants put it to work

1. 1

   Client contexts that separate cleanly

   Keep an explicit index for each engagement and check the source of every item before a handoff. Labels and linked notes do not enforce client isolation inside a workspace. Review access and remove unrelated client material before sharing.

2. 2

   Deliverables linked to their findings

   Every number in the deck traces back to the interview or analysis it came from. When a client's CFO challenges a figure, the trail is one link, not an afternoon.

3. 3

   Patterns across engagements

   Anonymized, the same problem appearing at three clients is a practice asset. Connections across client contexts are where the repeatable insight — and the next productized offer — hides.

The capture habit, the linking, and the retrieval are the parts tentus automates — gtd without the daily upkeep.

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