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XinFu: The Martial Art of emailing Managing and communicating effectively with emails Wiertz Sébastien http://BeXinFu.com

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XinFu: The Martial Art of emailing

Managing and communicating effectively with emails

Wiertz Sébastien http://BeXinFu.com

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RomeIt took 4 million years to reach the information 

density we had in Rome in 1 A.D.

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In the Renaissance 1500 years later, this density doubled

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Industrial Revolution

About 250 years later, this value doubled again during the industrial revolution 

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By 2012, 30% of the world population will use e‐mail 

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E‐mail Overload

Inbox contains hundred of msg including remaining tasks, partially read documents and

conversional thread

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A week without email is more stressful than a car accident or a divorce

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People who are coming back from holiday spendsometimes more than a day trying to “recover” their inbox.

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People spend .. h a day in their Inbox

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However …

… We have to deal with e‐mails to do Business

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And since time is a limited resource

We must better manage our e‐mails

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Collect 

Process

Organize

Do 

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1. Organizing 

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The role of your Inbox

Getting back  "IN" to "IN"

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It takes an average of 64 sec to recover your train of thought after interruption by e‐mail

Dr. Thomas Jackson (Loughborough University)

50 e‐mails a day cost more than 4 hours a week 

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1. Remove e‐mail notification window in your e‐mail client2. Turn off sound notification

Avoid distractions:

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Getting started

Remove/Archive e‐mails older than 4 weeks from 

your inbox

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Step 3. Create the following subfolders:

1. Next actions2. Read /review 3. Someday / Maybe4. Waiting for5. Ref docs 6. Treated / To archived7. To filter my pond

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Next actions

This folder regroups all the e‐mails where an action is needed from you. 

(to do as soon as you can)

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Read / Review

This folder regroups all the informative e‐mails that you may need to read 

(no action required)

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Someday/Maybe

This folder regroups all the e‐mails on which you may need to take action in the future 

(no action is required now)

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Waiting for

This folder regroups all the e‐mails for which you expect answers

(Waiting for someone)

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Ref. docs

This folder regroups all the e‐mails you need to access rapidly for reference purpose

(Waiting for someone)

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Treated / To archive

This folder regroups all the e‐mails which have been treated

(ready to be filled or archived)

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Step 4. Get rid of unwanted e‐mails:

1. Unsubscribe2. Use Spam filter 3. Use rules 

But do not just ...…delete them

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Step 5. Set up your e‐mail signature 

1. Respect company policy (if any)2. Provide a phone number (even for internal email)

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2. Processing the Inbox

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Process your Inbox 2 to 3 times a day 

limit your session to 20 minutes(*)

(*) Unless it’s really needed

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Processing is not …  

… Scanning

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Step 1: Scanning your inbox 

1. Avoid grouping in your inbox2. Scan from older e‐mails to newest

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Step 2: Processing your inbox 

1. Process all the e‐mails one by one2. Process them equally

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Inbox

Read the email

Action ?

Take lessTake lessthan 2 min ?

Delete

Someday

Ref Docs

No

Yes

Do it

Yes

Delegate it

Defer it Next Actions

Waiting ForNo

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3. Reviewing

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We are what we repeatedly do. 

Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

Aristotle

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Make a daily review of your different folders 

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4. Sending

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Nothing is needed (nanni mo iranu)

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Remember that to you are not the only one who send e‐mails

Get and keep attention

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Structure of an e‐mail 

1. To, Cc, Bcc2. Subject 3. Body4. Attachments5. Options

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“When 2 people or more are in charge then nobody is”

David Allen 

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To:

People to whom you are directly speakingPeople who must take an action 

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Cc:

People who are not involved directly in the e‐mail message but would benefit from reading its content

FYI: 

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Bcc:

For mass emailing only

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Subject:

An e‐mail subject should be like a title of a book  

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Subject:

The goal of a subject is to summarize a message without being too wordy or too vague

Remember that people scan their inbox by subject 

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Body:

You are what you write 

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Body:

Be concise and to the point 

Reduce ambiguity

Avoid large font, color feature …

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Examples

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Questions ? 

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Thanks a lot for your attention