I use the following tools to do my work:

Planning and organising

• OmniFocus - ToDo list with Projects and Tags / Contexts
• Notion - Notes and sharing
• Evernote

Creating diagrams

• OmniGraffle - "Complex" diagrams
• PixelMator - Simple image edits and styling

Creating words

• Scrivener - Long form writing

Reading

• Pocket
• Calibre - Additional eBook management for my Kindle
• GoodNotes
• Reeder
• Readwise
• Mendeley - Collections of academic papers

My notes and “second brain”

I have always maintained vast repositories of notes and reusable material that helps me think and that serves as intermediate work products that I can combine to create deliverables.

This approach is critical to be effective in the consulting profession. I recommend everybody do it.

I have recently discovered Tiago Forte’s concepts he calls “Building a Second Brain” and the concept of a “Zettelkasten”. I recommend you research these links.

I also recommend "How to Take Smart Notes".

My “second brain” tools are:

• Capture
  • Omnifocus (MacOS)
  • Drafts (iOS)
  • Evernote (web clips)
• Cataloguing
  • Evernote
• Progressive Summarisation
  • Evernote
  • Good Reader for PDF first pass
• Reusable “Cleanskins”
  • Microsoft Office documents work best for this
  • Stored in folders on my computer:
    • Research areas
    • Collections
    • Cleanskins
    • Etc

Things I use because I have to

• Microsoft Office

  When using Microsoft Office the following references are helpful:

How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in Word 2007 and Word 2010