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Master Your Multitasking! Tech-Guru Marc Zao-Sanders Cracks the Productivity Code 🧑🏻💻
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Founder Talks with Marc Zao-Sanders - CEO and Founder of Filtered (Full Video)
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From shuffling between work meetings to rushing to family commitments, we all have a lot of responsibilities on our plates these days. Is it realistically possible to zero in on one effective time management technique that can make our to-do lists more achievable?
According to tech entrepreneur, author and lifelong learning advocate Marc Zao-Sanders, not only does such a system exist, but it’s straightforward enough to be adopted immediately and powerful enough to truly be life changing.
CEO of Filtered Technologies, a tech company that develops artificial intelligence to understand learning content for upskilling workers, Zao-Sanders’ passion for understanding how the brain works inspired him to take a deep dive into how to better optimize time. As a result, he adapted and perfected the most applicable approaches from existing techniques, dubbing the unique new tool, “timeboxing.”
“Timeboxing is logical, intuitive and a powerful way to combat the deluge of stuff we’re inundated with every day,” explains Zao-Sanders, regular Harvard Business Review contributor. “By making a commitment to do one thing at a time, you can always know where you are by streamlining time management in life both in and out of work. Not only can you improve your productivity, but most of all, it’s about living a less stressful life altogether.”
In his debut book, “Timeboxing: The Power of Doing One Thing at a Time” (St. Martin’s Essentials, March 2024), Zao-Sanders presents an antidote for a world where our time is constantly called on by endless demands. Already being translated into more than 30 languages, this research-backed time management guidebook is essential reading for leaders and employees globally.
Through highly interactive talks and workshops, as well as his weekly newsletter, Zao-Sanders provides employees at any level of an organization with practical tools and materials that can be applied immediately to both improve productivity and embark on the path of reclaiming life.
Why AI? Making Generative AI Tools Immediately Applicable
Leaders of organizations around the world are impressed by generative AI (GenAI) and know it can be a powerfully strategic tool. However, many are also wondering what the applicable real-world use looks like for their organization.
Through his decade-plus at the helm of Filtered Technologies, Zao-Sanders has become one of the leading voices on how GenAI tools are actually being used by businesses.
“We conducted in-depth research to look at what people are doing with GenAI in real-world business situations,” explains Zao-Sanders. “Whatever speculative thoughts you might have about the future of business and work in relation to AI, I can show organizations 100 on-the-ground examples of how people are already leveraging GenAI to boost their efficiency and output.”
With these insights, Zao-Sanders works with executives to create strategic tactics for upskilling and empowering employees to safely experiment with GenAI tools and how they can be used in everyday work processes without risking organizational harm.
Lead Powerful Progress With the Right Tools
Bringing practical time management techniques and the latest technology together, how can companies use today’s most high-tech tools to their advantage to become future-forward, customer conscious organizations?
By sharing his journey to becoming the head of a company that leverages artificial intelligence to spark organizational learning as well as his timeboxing insights, Zao-Sanders outlines effective leadership strategies for working with customers to deeply understand their business priorities and existing skills.
Providing accessible methods for spreading skills across organizations, he brings time management and tech together to illustrate the power of setting a tone of progress by optimizing productivity, efficiency, skills-building and the very latest technology like GenAI.
Marc Zao-Sanders is CEO of filtered.com, a tech company that develops AI to understand learning content in order to upskill people. Passionate about algorithms, AI, thinking differently and how brains work in general – especially how his own brain works – he studied maths and philosophy at Oxford University. In addition, Zao-Sanders founded two social enterprises which helped non-privileged young people with their education and career aspirations, choices and success.
Zao-Sanders regularly contributes to Harvard Business Review and other publications with a focus on AI, learning and timeboxing.
Marc Zao-Sanders is available to advise your organization via virtual and in-person consulting meetings, interactive workshops and customized keynotes through the exclusive representation of Stern Speakers & Advisors, a division of Stern Strategy Group®.
Unlock Paradigm-Shifting Time Management Techniques
As people are inundated with more tasks and responsibilities than ever, both personally and professionally, you may wonder if it’s even possible to find a simple and practical time management system that can help the busiest among us. According to tech entrepreneur and author Marc Zao-Sanders, not only does such a system exist but it’s straightforward enough to be adopted immediately and powerful enough to truly be life changing. In this revealing presentation, he draws on his research-backed book, “Timeboxing: The Power of Doing One Thing at a Time” to outline the simple steps leaders and front-line workers alike can take to streamline life and time management. A highly interactive session, audiences will leave with practical tools and materials that can be applied immediately to both improve productivity and embark on the path of living a less stressful life.
Why AI? How to Make Generative AI Immediately Applicable
Many leaders are impressed by generative AI (GenAI) and know it can be a powerfully strategic tool. However, many are also wondering what the applicable real-world use cases look like for their organization. With more than a decade at the helm of AI tech company Filtered Technologies, Marc Zao-Sanders has become a top expert on how GenAI tools are actually being used in businesses. A lifelong learning advocate, he helps organizations upskill their workforce by creating custom AI tools for curating their existing content. Audiences will leave with key insights into how GenAI is being used on a daily basis as well as tactics for empowering employees to safely experiment with GenAI tools without risking organizational harm.
The Realities of Leadership: Find the Right Tools to Make Progress
What does it take to lead a future-forward, customer conscious organization that uses today’s most high-tech tools to their advantage? To start, it takes a rigorous approach to time management. In this highly engaging presentation, founder and CEO of Filtered Technologies and author of “Timeboxing: The Power of Doing One Thing at a Time,” Marc Zao-Sanders shares his journey to becoming the head of a company that leverages artificial intelligence to spark organizational learning. He outlines strategies for working with customers to deeply understand their business priorities and existing skills, and how to spread those skills across the organization. Audiences will learn practical leadership skills, chiefly, how to set a tone of customer-focused progress by optimizing productivity thanks to effective time management tools.
"Our session with Marc was an enlightening experience that provided valuable insights into effective time management through the concept of timeboxing. Marc's personal anecdotes and practical tips were particularly engaging, offering a relatable and actionable approach to enhancing our productivity both professionally and personally. We received great questions throughout the session and Marc was able to address them all.
After the session, I received numerous one-liners on what a great session it was and many more positive emojis! So, in my book, it was a success!
On the presentation level, Marc sounded very confident on the topic and has great presentation skills. Even though we had a lot of slides to go through, we did not feel rushed at any moment.
It was a pleasure having Marc in our meeting!"
Praise for "Timeboxing"
“A masterclass in intentional living. This book on timeboxing is essential for anyone seeking focus in a distracted world. I've long championed the benefits of timeboxing, and Marc’s book brings it to life."
“Timeboxing can help you get things done, but more importantly, it can help you do more of what you love and less of what you hate. Zao-Sanders will explain to you how timeboxing the stuff you have to do but don't want to do as well as the things you do want to do will help you get more pleasure and less tedium out of life. As you internalize the lessons of this exceptionally wise book, you’ll begin to feel the presence of a coach who’s there with you every step of the way.”
“'Timeboxing' is a delight. The book is interesting and practical. Each chapter serves a purpose. Best of all, the method really works. For over 30 years I’ve sought to optimize my work and my life. I thought I had things pretty much figured out. But then I read 'Timeboxing'. The impact was immediate and dramatic. My new habit of timeboxing each morning has lifted me to a new level of focus, calm, and productivity. We all can benefit from more focus and more impact. That’s exactly what Timeboxing offers. The short chapters are well organized and easy to read. You can use the techniques immediately to boost productivity with less stress each day. If my Stanford students could read only one book this year, I’d want it to be 'Timeboxing' by Marc Zao-Sanders.”
“Now more than ever effective focus is a problem many, probably most of us feel. We are confused and overwhelmed on a daily basis. This smart and engaging book presents a deceptively simple, subtly powerful technique for structuring our lives and work to actually get things done. It's a revelation.”
"'Timeboxing' is an eminently practical book that changed my habits almost immediately―and also changed the way I think about time itself. Box time on your calendar right now to read this book."
“Constraint=Freedom. In 'Timeboxing,' Marc Zao-Sanders explores the why behind constraining your time as well as the practical details of how to make it happen. The goal isn't to live a rigid existence but instead a life vibrant with intention and full of what truly matters to you. If you feel like you're floating through life without a plan, read this book.”
"This brilliant book will teach you how to stop trying to do too much, so that you can actually get more done! Bound to become a classic in the productivity literature."
"A simple productivity method to transform your focus."
